English Phrase of the Day

Definitions

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fill up		©
1. v. To make something full.
2. v. To fill the tank of a vehicle with fuel.
It costs a fortune these days to fill up.
3. v. To become full.
4. v. To become tearful as a result of strong emotion.
5. v. (idiomatic, colloquial) To annoy, or displease, by taunting, or by excessive nagging.
You're filling me up with your rules — The Beatles : Getting Better
6. v. To satisfy someone's hunger.
Thanks for the chocolate cake - it really filled me up!
7. v. (poker slang) To make a full house on the turn or the river.
Analysis
fill		©
1. v. To occupy fully, to take up all of.
2. v. To add contents to (a container, cavity or the like) so that it is full.
3. v. To enter (something), making it full.
4. v. (intransitive) To become full.
the bucket filled with rain;  the sails fill with wind
up		©
1. adv. Away from the surface of the Earth or other planet; in opposite direction to the downward pull of gravity.
I looked up and saw the airplane overhead.
2. adv. (intensifier) Used as an aspect marker to indicate a completed action or state Thoroughly, completely.
I will mix up the puzzle pieces.
Tear up the contract.

Example Sentences

Now all you want, is to be a player and on Sundays fill up the pews and be a prayer.  A man just can't go fill up his car with premium unleaded gasoline at a respectable service station every time he accidentally drives through a troupe of kids.

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