"gas up" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-gas up.ogg Forms: gasses up [present, singular, third-person], gases up [present, singular, third-person], gassing up [participle, present], gassed up [participle, past], gassed up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|++*|pres_3sg2=gases up}} 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). Tags: US, transitive Categories (topical): Automotive Translations: tankata (Finnish), täyttää polttoaineella (Finnish), auftanken (German), tanken (German), repostar carburante (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-gas_up-en-verb-MW7xMeAL Disambiguation of Automotive: 62 38 Categories (other): American English
  2. (transitive, slang) To inflate (someone's ego); to deceive by flattery. Tags: slang, transitive
    Sense id: en-gas_up-en-verb-rQZfvU8N Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "up", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 59 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "up": 34 66 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 29 71 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 31 69 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 41 59 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 18 82

Inflected forms

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