(tr) to complete (a form, application, etc)
to make or become completely full
First recorded in 1850–55; noun use of verb phrase fill up
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Brands like BP and Exxon offer discounts such as 10 cents off a gallon on your first fill-up and up to 5 cents off each gallon after that.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 24, 2026
Most of the gasoline was added recently, but the tank never runs completely dry and so a few molecules from the very first fill-up remain.
From Science Magazine ● Dec. 1, 2023
But a potential benefit of a long wait for an EV fill-up is that customers would spend more time at a gas station property.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2022
If the gas savings were fully passed along to consumers, people would save just under $3 for a 15-gallon fill-up of gas.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 23, 2022
"Would you like us to tow you in so you can get a fill-up?" asked the boy who was running the launch.
From The Camp Fire Girls in the Maine Woods Or, The Winnebagos Go Camping by Frey, Hildegard G. (Hildegard Gertrude)
Fellow motorist Paul Brown said he used online trackers to choose where to fill up.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
In some provinces, particularly parts of Siberia and North Caucasus, residents reported having to wait overnight or longer to fill up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
In a hilly village northwest of Budapest, siblings Andras and Blanka Arki have brought a bag of plastic containers and bottles to fill up at a roadside water cart in scorching 41C heat.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
Tankers are already massing outside the Strait to fill up.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 18, 2026
I fill up a large bowl with hot water from the sink, sit on the toilet top, and place my throbbing, biscuit-can-busting feet in there.
From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles
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