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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That, to us, says buckle up and get comfortable with nuclear fission. Leonard David, Space.com, 17 May 2025 So buckle up for some more to-and-fro in the cloud industry! R. Scott Raynovich, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025 The women were allowed to unstrap from their seats for about four minutes to experience weightlessness before buckling up for their return. Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 14 Apr. 2025 So, buckle up and get ready — your next road trip just got a whole lot more fun! Ashlee Conour, Chicago Tribune, 21 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 30 May. 2025.

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