buckle up

1. (transitive)To fasten with a buckle.

2. (idiomatic, intransitive)To fasten one's seat belt or safety belt.

   Buckle up every time you drive somewhere in a car, and make sure your passengers buckle up, too.

   (sich) anschnallen

3. (broadly, idiomatic, imperative, intransitive, usually)To get ready, to prepare oneself.

1. Buckle up and enjoy the ride.

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2. Yanni buckled up his safety belt.

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3. Buckle up well, we're taking off.

   ruПристегнись хорошенько, мы взлетаем. — marafon

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4. Remember to buckle up on the bumper cars.

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5. Buckle up, sit down, shut up and hold on.

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irregular

• buckle upTo fasten with a buckle.
• buckle inTo secure (someone) with a seatbelt or child's car seat.
• buckle downTo apply oneself to study, or a task or work; to focus on or take a serious attitude towards something; to put forth the needed effort.
• buckle overTo bend over suddenly, pitching forward from the waist, as for example when vomiting suddenly.
• buckle toSynonym of buckle down (“to apply oneself to study, or a task or work; to focus on or take a serious attitude towards something; to put forth the needed effort”).
• buckle underTo reluctantly accept something (due to a source of social pressure).