"belt up" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: belts up [present, singular, third-person], belting up [participle, present], belted up [participle, past], belted up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} belt up (third-person singular simple present belts up, present participle belting up, simple past and past participle belted up)
  1. (British, intransitive) To fasten one's seat belt. Tags: British, intransitive Synonyms (fasten one's seat belt): buckle up
    Sense id: en-belt_up-en-verb-I9S6YgMJ Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English phrasal verbs with particle (up), English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 82 18 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 90 10 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (up): 70 30 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 83 17 Disambiguation of "fasten one's seat belt": 99 1
  2. (British, intransitive, colloquial, derogatory, usually in imperative) To stop talking or chattering; to shut up. Tags: British, colloquial, derogatory, imperative, intransitive, regional Categories (topical): Silence
    Sense id: en-belt_up-en-verb-hyA2cFzz Disambiguation of Silence: 13 87 Categories (other): British English

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for belt up meaning in English (2.4kB)

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