gas up

To fill a vehicle’s tank with fuel.

• We need to gas up.
• I gassed up the car this morning.
• Have you gassed it up for the trip?

How to use it: gas up something / gas something up (We gassed the truck up before leaving.)

Similar words: refuel, fill up

Common phrases: gas up the car, gas something up, gas up before leaving

To say good things about someone where other people can hear or read them.

• Her friends gassed her up online.
• He always gases up local artists on his show.
• Everyone was gassing her up after that performance.

How to use it: gas someone up (Her fans gassed her up in the comments.)

Similar words: praise, talk up

Opposites: criticize

Common phrases: gas someone up, gas up someone

To praise someone too much, making them feel more important or talented than they really are.

• Stop gassing him up.
• She gassed me up until I believed I could win.
• Are they gassing her up to get free tickets?

How to use it: gas someone up (Do not gas him up just to get a favor.)

Similar words: flatter, butter up

Opposites: belittle

Common phrases: gas someone up, gas up someone