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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Loading your audio article For decades, gasoline in California has been more expensive than in other parts of the country, but there are predictions that already high prices at the pump may climb even higher in the next year or two.
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Rob Nikolewski, Mercury News, 27 May 2025
Fueling this travel frenzy is good news at the pump: a gallon of regular gasoline is down 11% compared to the same time last year.
—Jana Kasperkevic, NBC news, 26 May 2025
Listen to this article For decades, gasoline in California has been more expensive than in other parts of the country, but there are predictions that already high prices at the pump may climb even higher in the next year or two.
—Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2025
GasBuddy also expects prices at the pump to ease slightly over the summer to a national average of $3.02 per gallon through Labor Day.
—Alain Sherter, CBS News, 22 May 2025
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Rob Nikolewski, Mercury News, 27 May 2025
Fueling this travel frenzy is good news at the pump: a gallon of regular gasoline is down 11% compared to the same time last year.
—Jana Kasperkevic, NBC news, 26 May 2025
Listen to this article For decades, gasoline in California has been more expensive than in other parts of the country, but there are predictions that already high prices at the pump may climb even higher in the next year or two.
—Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2025
GasBuddy also expects prices at the pump to ease slightly over the summer to a national average of $3.02 per gallon through Labor Day.
—Alain Sherter, CBS News, 22 May 2025
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“At the pump.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/at%20the%20pump. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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