fill up | Idiomator

Meaning: (transitive)To make (something)completelyfull.Synonym:jam; (intransitive)To fill thetankof avehiclewithfuel.It costs a fortune these days tofill up.; (intransitive)To becomecompletelyfull.; (intransitive)To becometearfulas a result ofstrongemotion.; (idiomatic,colloquial)Toannoy, ordisplease, bytaunting, or by excessivenagging.1967, Lennon–McCartney, “Getting Better”, inSgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, performed by The Beatles:The teachers that taught me weren't cool. / You're holding me down, / Turning me 'round, /Filling me upwith your rules.; (transitive)Tosatisfythehungerof (someone).Thanks for the chocolate cake – it reallyfilled me up!; (intransitive,reflexive)Tosatisfyone'shunger; to stop beinghungry.2008October, David Schipper, “Outsmart your stomach: Seven ways to fill your gut—and lose it, too”, inMen's Health, volume23, number 8,→ISSN, page135:We've scoured these science and tapped the top experts to help you learn how to do just that. Use these seven simple strategies, and you'llfill upwithout filling out.; (pokerslang)To make afull houseon theturnor theriver.; (Singapore,Malaysia,Philippines,transitive)Tofill in/fill outa form etc.; (transitive,obsolete)Tomakecomplete, to bring to afulldevelopment.1712(date written),[Joseph] Addison,Cato, a Tragedy.[…], London:[…]J[acob]Tonson,[…], published1713,→OCLC, Act I, scene i,page 1:Our Father’s DeathWouldfill upall the Guilt of Civil War,And cloſe the Scene of Blood.

Examples:

EN: Why don't you let Satan fill up your empty suck?
ES: ¿Por qué no dejas que Satán llene tu vacío saco?
EN: I had to fill up the column.
ES: Tengo que rellenar la columna.
EN: A garage... Cars stop here pretending to fill up...
ES: El garaje, los coches que paran con la excusa de repostar...
EN: M'ling, fill up Captain Donahue's glass.
ES: M'ling, llena la copa del Capitán Donahue.
EN: Give me a chink no wider than you'd fill up with your ear.
ES: # Dame una rendija no más grande que le tamaño de tu oído. #
EN: Hurry, I'm chasing some bandits, and I forgot to fill up the tank.
ES: ¡Rápido! Persigo a unos peligrosos bandidos,
EN: You better fill up.
ES: Llene el depósito.
EN: Just had a police car. It stopped here for a fill up.
ES: Acaba de repostar un coche de la policía.
EN: Now tell me, my friend. How does a Grand Constable fill up his day?
ES: Ahora decidme, amigo, ¿cómo llena su día un Condestable?
EN: Just put enough powder to fill up the chamber. May I remind you that this is what gives power to your weapon.
ES: De ello depende la potencia del disparo.
EN: If I don't get off now Agnes Ackerby will get to the house before me and I daren't fill up my coupon when she's there.
ES: - ¡Joe! SI no me voy ya, Agnes Ackerby llegará a casa antes que yo y no me atrevo a rellenar mi quiniela con ella.
EN: Must fill up my coupons before that long-faced old--
ES: Tengo que rellenar la quiniela antes de que esa vieja...
EN: Say, Jim, you know how the salmon fill up the creek when they spawn so thick that you can't see the water?
ES: Te lo agradezco. Eh, Jim, Ya sabes cómo el salmón levanta la arena cuando va a desovar.
EN: Breaks the monotony and, uh, helps to fill up the, uh, room, and, uh, besides, he's something to talk to.
ES: Rompe la monotonía y, eee, ayuda a llenar la, eee, habitación y, eee... Además, es algo a lo que se puede hablar.
EN: Come on. It's your last chance to fill up on me.
ES: Vamos, es vuestra última oportunidad de beber a mi cuenta.

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