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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If approved, the move is expected to increase prices at the pump — but how much has become a matter of increasingly fierce debate.
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Rob Nikolewski, The Mercury News, 4 Nov. 2024
What makes hydrogen passenger cars altogether costlier than their battery-electric counterparts is the lack of fueling infrastructure, energy-conversion inefficiencies, and the price of the fuel at the pump.
—Harri Weber, Popular Science, 30 Oct. 2024
Record-high prices at the pump dealt a financial scare to consumers and created a political wound the Biden-Harris administration has struggled to mend ever since.
—Matt Egan, CNN, 29 Oct. 2024
What is going on with energy prices this year?
Oil futures rose quickly to start the year and hit $85 per barrel in April, but it’s been almost all downhill from there and prices at the pump are following along.
—Samuel Burke, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2024
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Rob Nikolewski, The Mercury News, 4 Nov. 2024
What makes hydrogen passenger cars altogether costlier than their battery-electric counterparts is the lack of fueling infrastructure, energy-conversion inefficiencies, and the price of the fuel at the pump.
—Harri Weber, Popular Science, 30 Oct. 2024
Record-high prices at the pump dealt a financial scare to consumers and created a political wound the Biden-Harris administration has struggled to mend ever since.
—Matt Egan, CNN, 29 Oct. 2024
What is going on with energy prices this year?
Oil futures rose quickly to start the year and hit $85 per barrel in April, but it’s been almost all downhill from there and prices at the pump are following along.
—Samuel Burke, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2024
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“At the pump.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/at%20the%20pump. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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