Fill up
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Definition
To make something completely full (tank, glass, room)
Example sentence
He filled up the car with gas.
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Common collocations
Natural word pairings to memorize.
fill up the tank
fill up your glass
fill up a bottle
fill up the room
fill up the parking lot
fill up on bread
Separable usage
Can the object split the verb? Compare correct vs incorrect.
He filled up the water bottle. ✅ (Correct)
He filled the water bottle up. ✅ (Correct)