gas up

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gas up (third-person singular simple present gasses up or gases up, present participle gassing up, simple past and past participle gassed up)

1. (transitive, US) To refuel (a vehicle).
   • 1977, “Bartender’s Blues”, in James Taylor (lyrics), JT, performed by James Taylor, Columbia Records:

     I can close down this bar / I can gas up my car / I can pack up and mail in my key

2. (transitive, slang) To inflate (someone's ego); to deceive by flattery.
   • 2018 December 9, Khali Raymond, savage writer, Voice of the Brick City (Axis 360)‎^[1], YTER/x Surreal Dreamz Inc., →ISBN, →OCLC:

     Social media got
     us all too gassed up
     Women nowadays be like
     If you ain't dropped
     sixteen hundred grand
     On a Maserati then you
     ain't the man for me

   • 2025 June 13, Kashmir Hill, “They Asked ChatGPT Questions. The Answers Sent Them Spiraling.”, in The New York Times‎^[2], →ISSN:

     “Stop gassing me up and tell me the truth,” Mr. Torres said. “The truth?” ChatGPT responded. “You were supposed to break.”

3. (transitive, slang) To publicly praise.

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