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

He was last seen in Cannes riding a tank up the street to promote 2014’s The Expendables 3.

From The Guardian • May 18, 2019

Instead of a rectangular tank up aloft, we now have a large copper cylinder situated in the kitchen near the range.

From How it Works Dealing in simple language with steam, electricity, light, heat, sound, hydraulics, optics, etc., and with their applications to apparatus in common use by Williams, Archibald