at the pump
idiom
variants
or less commonly at the pumps
US, informal
: at the places where customers buy gasoline for their cars
Prices are higher at the pump.
Expect long lines at the pumps this weekend.
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Drivers will need to fill up more often at the pump.
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Alan Ohnsman, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
Low energy prices like the president is achieving, lowest gas prices since 2021 at the pump is going to turbocharge growth.
—ABC News, 6 July 2025
Tennessee drivers will share the roads with more than 60 million other Americans, but prices at the pump have swelled 15 cents in the past week as a result of ongoing tensions in the Middle East.
—Stuart Dyos, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Drivers won’t be able to avoid the price hike at the pump in California but there are ways to locate gasoline stations with the cheapest prices.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2025
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Alan Ohnsman, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
Low energy prices like the president is achieving, lowest gas prices since 2021 at the pump is going to turbocharge growth.
—ABC News, 6 July 2025
Tennessee drivers will share the roads with more than 60 million other Americans, but prices at the pump have swelled 15 cents in the past week as a result of ongoing tensions in the Middle East.
—Stuart Dyos, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Drivers won’t be able to avoid the price hike at the pump in California but there are ways to locate gasoline stations with the cheapest prices.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for at the pump
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“At the pump.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/at%20the%20pump. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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