buckle up

verb

buckled up; buckling up; buckles up

intransitive verb

: to fasten one's seat belt

Examples of buckle up in a Sentence

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Investors should buckle up as the worst is yet to come, according to billionaire investor Leon Cooperman . Yun Li, CNBC, 7 Apr. 2025 Stafford, whose played for 16 years and earned in excess of $364 million, doesn’t need to buckle up another chin strap. Jay Paris, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025 Amid the unprecedented moment in American politics, Blitzer and Brown are buckled up and ready for whatever comes their way. Meredith Kile, People.com, 26 Mar. 2025 Failure to buckle up for the ride is liable to cause a sensation akin to your brains relocating to your feet, while the high speeds involved make emergency stops prohibitively dangerous. Richard Edwards, Space.com, 14 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for buckle up

Word History

First Known Use

1962, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of buckle up was in 1962

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“Buckle up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/buckle%20up. Accessed 11 Apr. 2025.

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