fill up

• Audio (AU)

  (file)

fill up (phrasal verb)

1. To make something full.
2. To fill the tank of a vehicle with fuel.

   It costs a fortune these days to fill up.

3. To become full.
4. To become tearful as a result of strong emotion.
5. (idiomatic, colloquial) To annoy, or displease, by taunting, or by excessive nagging.
   • 1967, Lennon–McCartney (lyrics and music), “Getting Better”, in Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, performed by The Beatles:

     The teachers that taught me weren't cool. / You're holding me down, / Turning me 'round, / Filling me up with your rules.

6. To satisfy someone's hunger.

   Thanks for the chocolate cake - it really filled me up!

7. (poker slang) To make a full house on the turn or the river.

• fed up

• upfill