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Phrase(s): fill up
1. to become full. • The creek filled up after the heavy rain yesterday. • The rain barrel began to fill up during the storm. 2. to fill one’s gas tank. • I’ve got to stop and fill up. The gas tank is running low. • We will fill up at the next little town., Phrase(s): fill someone or something up (with something)
to put as much as possible into someone or something. • We filled him up with chili and crackers. • We will fill up the basket with leaves. • I will fill the basket up with flowers.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs