Advertisement
Advertisement
tank up
verb
to fill the tank of (a vehicle) with petrol
slangto imbibe or cause to imbibe a large quantity of alcoholic drink
Idioms and Phrases
Fill a gas tank with fuel, as in As soon as we tank up the car we can leave . [First half of 1900s]
Drink to the point of intoxication. F. Scott Fitzgerald used this expression in The Great Gatsby (1926): “I think he'd tanked up a good deal at luncheon.” This expression often is put in the passive, meaning “be or become intoxicated,” as in My roommate really got tanked up last night . [ Slang ; c. 1900]
Example Sentences
“Some people stop to tank up on fuel.”
“I used to be able to fill the tank up for $40 or $42, and now it’s almost $60,” he lamented as he gassed up his Nissan Sentra at a station in Yonkers, New York, where a gallon of regular gas was selling for $3.79.
The family have to fill their tank up three times a year, which cost £750 in 2020 but now costs £3,325.
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.
“Most people don’t feel 9 million jobs created. They don’t feel that. They feel when it’s $10 more to fill your tank up or bread is up. They feel it, even if they’re getting paid more.”
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Browse