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Definition of "fill-up" [fill-up]

  • The act or an instance of filling up something, especially a gasoline tank: offered a free car wash with each fill-up. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "fill-up" in a sentence
  • "The places literally fill-up with laughing, dancing students for a few hours in the afternoon."
  • "Consumers' response to costlier gasoline is pivotal because they account for about 70 percent of the U.S. economy and feel oil-market disruptions with every fill-up, economists said."
  • "He said you'll be able to inflate them at any store that sells helium balloons, and a fill-up will last several weeks."
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