fuel up

verb

To eat hurriedly in order to do something more interesting.

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Meanings

verbfuel up (third-person singular simple present fuels up, present participle (US) fueling up or (UK) fuelling up, simple past and past participle (US) fueled up or (UK) fuelled up)

present singular third person fuels up · US participle present fueling up · UK participle present fuelling up · US participle past fueled up · US past fueled up · UK participle past fuelled up · UK past fuelled up

  1. intransitiveTo eat hurriedly in order to do something more interesting.
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APA

fuel up. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fuel%20up

MLA

“fuel up.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fuel%20up. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fuel up,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fuel%20up.

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