load up
verb1
To fill (a vehicle, vessel, room, etc.) with a load of cargo or similar.
- We loaded up the wagon with supplies.
2
To load (things) as cargo or similar.
- Q: What should we do with these other boxes? A: Load 'em up, same as the others.
3
To receive a load of cargo or similar.
- The wagon halted for an hour to load up with supplies.
- Let's stop at the off-licence and load up on booze and snacks.
4
Ambitransitive, Idiomatic To fully load (a weapon).
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Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences Ambitransitive To load (software) fully into memory.
- The game loaded up and he instantly grabbed the game controller.2014, Nathan K. Battles, The Transcendent, page 29:
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Slang To intoxicate oneself with alcohol or drugs; to get drunk or get high.
- John Bender (Judd Nelson): You load up, you party… Brian Johnson (Anthony Michael Hall): No, we get dressed up, but we don't— we don't get high.1985, John Hughes, directed by John Hughes, The Breakfast Club:
- Related terms
- loadout