buckle up

verb

buckled up; buckling up; buckles up

intransitive verb

: to fasten one's seat belt

Examples of buckle up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web May 30, 2024 Safety officials campaign to get teens to buckle up and follow speed limits and encourage parents to talk to their kids about the dangers of driving impaired. Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 13 June 2024 Once you're all buckled up and ready for take-off, turn that phone to airplane mode and prep for the trip in the best ways possible: a podcast, a movie, and a good, old-fashioned book. Julian Manning, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 May 2024 Better buckle up and hire as many non-thinking people as possible. Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 20 June 2024 Get ready to buckle up and hear about how Jesus is inside you, because that’s just how a musical about televangelists written by a bunch of gay guys is gonna go. Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 22 Mar. 2024 See all Example Sentences for buckle up 

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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 26 Jul. 2024.

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