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Meanings of buckle up in English

To fasten the safety belt (as a driver or passenger in a car, plane etc.).

Usage of buckle up in English
1
The message is clear: get rest, come back recharged and buckle up.
Reuters
2
Holden tapped the comm panel's 1MC button and said, Amos, buckle up.
Caliban's War
3
Canterbury police also said travellers were failing to buckle up, especially backseat passengers.
Radio NZ
4
We need to buckle up and keep pushing forward, she said.
Reuters
5
Welcome to the Twilight Zone and don't forget to buckle up.
The South African
6
You just buckle up and enjoy a rocket ship ride down memory lane.
Reuters
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So buckle up for a weekend of constitutional hijinks in Edinburgh.
The Guardian
8
And then buckle up for the next one-it'sless than two weeks away.
Wired
9
We better all buckle up, folks, things are only going to get nastier.
The South African
10
It would not buckle up no matter how hard he tried.
News.com.au
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But more importantly, Ford thinks inflatable belts will encourage more people to buckle up.
Wired
12
So, if you think things are wild now, buckle up.
The South African
13
Three centuries into the future, and no one has the good sense to buckle up?
Wired
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That could mean plenty of investors will be ready to buckle up for the ride.
Reuters
15
Climb in, sit down, buckle up and hold on.
Wired
16
Is this job very tiring, for if it is, I doubt I may buckle up.
Greenmantle
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Buckle up through the time
Buckle up across language varieties
South Africa
Common
United States of America
Rare
United Kingdom
Rare