Meaning

3 senses

  1. (US, transitive)To refuel (a vehicle).

  2. (slang, transitive)To inflate (someone's ego); to deceive by flattery.

  3. (slang, transitive)To publicly praise.

    auftanken, tanken

More definitions
  • fill with gasoline

Examples

12 sentences

  1. I usually gas up the car at this service station.

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  2. Gas prices are up.

    ruЦены на бензин выросли. — marafon

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  3. The police fired tear gas to break up the demonstration.

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  4. Let's gas up.

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  5. Why are gas prices going up?

    ruПочему цены на бензин растут? — marafon

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Translations

2 languages
Deutsch
(US slang) To fill a gas tank with fuel:

Forms

gases up, gasses up, gassed up, gassed up
Base formgas up · to gas up
3rd person singulargases up
Present participlegasses up
Past simplegassed up
Past participlegassed up

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theygas up
he, she, itgases up

Past simpleLesson

all personsgassed up

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave gassed up
he, she, ithas gassed up

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill gas up

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
gartergasA2gaseousgash
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