(ambitransitive, slang) To intoxicate oneself, especially with alcohol.
One way of insuring that your baby eats enough is to increase his intake during the day, before 11 P.M. By "tanking up," as I call this strategy, you get more food into his tummy, which, in turn, enables him to sleep through longer stret…
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(intransitive) To install a tank.
We Americans have grumbled loudly about rising gasoline prices while tanking up as if almost nothing has happened. Over the Fourth of July holiday, a record 40.7 million Americans took trips of more than 50 miles, up 1.2 percent from a y…
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(ambitransitive, Canada, US) To fill up (for example, a tank in a vehicle with gas, petrol, etc.).
A painter was desirous of drawing the elephant, which was kept in the menagerie at Versailles, [H]e [the elephant] turned his resentment on the master, and tanking up a quantity of water in his trunk, threw it on the paper upon which the…
"tank up" means: To fill up (for example, a tank in a vehicle with gas, petrol, etc.).. This is a fairly neutral word with no inherent risk attached. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than something dangerous. If your child uses it, context will usually make the meaning clear. A brief, curious question about where they heard it is generally enough to know whether to follow up.
"tank up" means: To fill up (for example, a tank in a vehicle with gas, petrol, etc.).. Register: neutral, standard English, usable in most everyday contexts. Note the regional or dialect label (US) — usage may sound odd outside that variety. A common non-native mistake is to use the word in the wrong register, or to assume one fixed meaning when it is actually polysemous; always check the surrounding register and the audience before producing it yourself. In formal writing, prefer a neutral synonym or a short descriptive phrase, and use this word only when you have heard or read it being used naturally in a comparable context.
“Great, Jen 👍 Please fill the tank up again, just in case, and please never spend the night in a motorway car park. 🙏🙏 Do you have the ‘Park4Night’ or ‘CamperContact’ app? I always use them to find good places to stay overnight if I need to. Have fun, enjoy 🤗”
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