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load someone or something up (with someone or something)

to burden someone or something greatly or to the maximum with someone or something. I loaded her up with a number of books on investments, so she could learn what to do with her money. Don't load up your shelves with books you will never look at.

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load up (with something)

to take or accumulate a lot of something. Don't load up with cheap souvenirs. Save your money. Whenever I get into a used-book store, I load up.

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load up

v.

1. To fill something up with something that it carries: We'll leave as soon as we finish loading up the car with the bags. Let's load the van up and get going.

2. load up on To gather and store a supply of something; stock up on something: I loaded up on shampoo because the store was having a sale.

3. load up on To become drunk or intoxicated. Used in the passive: That guy is loaded up on vodka.

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