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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So, buckle up and get ready — your next road trip just got a whole lot more fun! Ashlee Conour, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2025 From corset-like pieces at Dries Van Noten, a collection that marked Julian Klausner’s debut, to dramatically oversized styles at Chloé, Off-White, and Zimmermann and multiple-belt looks at Issey Miyake, Schiaparelli, and Christopher Esber, get ready to buckle up come six months. Irina Grechko, refinery29.com, 13 Mar. 2025 The Wall Street Journal: The global elite, gathered in Davos, Switzerland, for the World Economic Forum, say they are buckled up and ready for Trump’s second term. Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 23 Jan. 2025 With markets nosediving across the globe, President Trump played golf, raised money for MAGA and dug in deep on his tariff plans, after warning Americans to buckle up. Axios, 7 Apr. 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 20 May. 2025.

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