belt up

Definition of belt upnext
British

Example Sentences

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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
  • Caves and overhangs here have protected at least 15,000 examples of rock art, some thought to be 10,000 years old, depicting people hunting or dancing, giraffes, cattle, and jars possibly for carrying water as the region dried up.
    — Heather Richardson, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Nov. 2026
  • When galleries shut down during the pandemic, his art sales dried up.
    — Lin Ying-Hsuan, Variety, 2 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • The World of David Walliams, an attraction at British theme park Alton Towers, is shutting up shop.
    — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 3 Nov. 2026
  • That’s a dangerous combination in a business where people love telling you to sit down and shut up.
    — Emma Specter, Vogue, 31 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Anyone asked by local or national media over the past few months if they’d been invited to the nuptials clammed up quickly.
    — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 2 July 2026
  • On Israel, a lot of candidates have clammed up.
    — Naaman Zhou, New Yorker, 22 June 2026
Verb
  • Hans Op de Beeck’s first dalliance with a luxury house feels a lot like his art — hushed, contemplative, and slightly under the radar.
    — Miles Socha, Footwear News, 24 Oct. 2026
  • The chapel seemed to exist in a perpetual gloaming, the air hushed and cool.
    — Kristin Idaszak, Longreads, 22 Oct. 2026

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“Belt up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/belt%20up. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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