tank up

Example Sentences

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"I fill my tank up in September every year," he said.

From BBC • Mar. 6, 2026

“Some people stop to tank up on fuel.”

From Washington Post • Apr. 3, 2023

Like Larry, most of the people who stopped by the station didn’t fill their tank up all the way, instead putting $10 on pump 5, $20 on pump 3 or $13 on pump 1.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2022

“For the month of March, the average Volt customer was filling their gas tank up every 1,000 miles,” he says.

From New York Times • Apr. 27, 2011

You can tank up and give me the news in small chunks at the same time.

From Bransford of Rainbow Range Originally Published under the title of Bransford in Arcadia, or, The Little Eohippus by Rhodes, Eugene Manlove