BELTED UP Synonyms: 22 Similar and Opposite Words

belted up

verb

past tense of belt up, British

as in dried up

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

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Client travel funds dried up during the 2008 financial crisis, and of course many advisors were forced to either close, sell or retool their businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic.

— Jacques Ledbetter, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
Because cap space around the NBA has dried up, Watson’s best chance to get paid is via sign-and-trade, inking a new contract with the Nuggets, who would then simultaneously flip him to his new team.

— Fred Katz, New York Times, 16 July 2026

Definition of dried up

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Behind the station doors are 150 polished European-style rooms, hushed corridors and a few magnificent surprises.

— David Hochman, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
The years have only intensified Zimmerman’s mournful, hushed vocal performance, and Dream Me a Dream often plays out like a bedtime story spun by a beloved elder, accompanied by soft strings, shakers, and even a synth or two.

— Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 19 June 2026

Definition of hushed

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Since becoming mayor, though, Mamdani has piped down publicly on his calls for the freeze in order to avoid the appearance of compromising the board’s independence.

— Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 25 June 2026
This is then piped down to the Gulf where it is turned into liquid, frozen to [less than] minus 200 degrees Fahrenheit and then put into ships.

— Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 5 Feb. 2026

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