gas up
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Verb
gas up (third-person singular simple present gasses up or gases up, present participle gassing up, simple past and past participle gassed up)
- (transitive, US) To refuel (a vehicle).
- 1977, “Bartender’s Blues”, in James Taylor (lyrics), JT, performed by James Taylor, Columbia Records:
- I can close down this bar / I can gas up my car / I can pack up and mail in my key
- (transitive, slang) To inflate (someone's ego).
Translations
(US slang) To fill a gas tank with fuel — see also refuel
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