buckle up

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English

[edit]

Pronunciation

[edit]

Verb

[edit]

buckle up (third-person singular simple present buckles up, present participle buckling up, simple past and past participle buckled up)

  1. (transitive) To fasten with a buckle.
    • 1855, Charles Dickens, “The Holly-tree. Third Branch—The Bill”, in Christmas Stories [] (The Works of Charles Dickens; XV), de luxe edition, London: Chapman and Hall, published 1881, →OCLC, page 63:
      It was eight o'clock to-morrow evening when I buckled up my travelling writing-desk in its leather case, paid my Bill, and got on my warm coats and wrappers.
  2. (intransitive, idiomatic) To fasten one's seat belt or safety belt.
    Synonym: belt up
    Buckle up every time you drive somewhere in a car, and make sure your passengers buckle up, too.
  3. (intransitive, idiomatic, by extension, usually imperative) To get ready, to prepare oneself.
    • 2019 February 27, Robert Kirkman, Outcast By Kirkman & Azaceta #39, Image Comics:
      So buckle up for what's coming, readers!

Translations

[edit]

See also

[edit]