BELT UP Synonyms: 22 Similar and Opposite Words

belt up

verb

Definition of belt up

British

as in to quiet (down)

to stop talking the schoolboy ordered his mates to belt up about the prank

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Recent Examples of belt up The Paramount+ streaming event finds two UFC belts up for grabs at the top of the card. — Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026 Going back home Sunday looks nice, except for the Lake Effect Snow belt up in New York, Pennsylvania and Michigan. — Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2024 So getting some of those at-bats under his belt up here will be part of that. — Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 28 Aug. 2022 Designed to attach to a belt up to 2½ inches wide or to a PALS system, the pouch comes very close to duplicating the performance of an OWB holster. — Mike Dickerson, Outdoor Life, 23 Oct. 2020

Recent Examples of Synonyms for belt up

Verb

Yet Kyiv’s stockpile has dried up as the United States husbands an arsenal that has been significantly depleted by the Iran war.

— Eric Ciaramella, Foreign Affairs, 14 Oct. 2026
The foreign money and visitors could dry up, however, if the Saudis prove incapable of defending themselves from Houthi attacks.

— Frank Andrews, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of dry up

Verb

Georgia Tech won its game with undefeated Duke by (ahem) shutting up and getting better during the bye week.

— Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 12 Oct. 2026
Turning paying ticket buyers into political punching bags and telling colleagues to shut up is terrible business and toxic for basketball.

— Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2026