gas up verb3 •(US) To refuel (a vehicle).I can close down this bar / I can gas up my car / I can pack up and mail in my key — 1977 •(slang) To inflate (someone's ego); to deceive by flattery.Social media got us all too gassed up Women nowadays be like If you ain't dropped sixteen hundred grand On a Maserati then you ain't the man for me — 2018 •(slang) To publicly praise. formsgassed up · gasses up · gassing up · gases up