verb
Meaning 1
To fasten with a buckle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
buckle up
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verb
Meaning 2
To fasten one's seat belt or safety belt.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, intransitive
Examples
- Buckle up every time you drive somewhere in a car, and make sure your passengers buckle up, too.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: belt up
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To get ready, to prepare oneself.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, idiomatic, imperative, intransitive, usually
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
14 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 繫上安全帶 /系上安全带 (jìshang ānquándài) — to fasten one’s seat belt or safety belt
- Czech: připoutat se — to fasten one’s seat belt or safety belt
- Finnish: kiinnittää turvavyö — to fasten one’s seat belt or safety belt
- French: s'attacher — to fasten one’s seat belt or safety belt
- German: (sich) anschnallen — to fasten one’s seat belt or safety belt
- Italian: allacciarsi impegnarsi — to fasten one’s seat belt or safety belt
- Polish: zapinać pasy — to fasten one’s seat belt or safety belt
- Polish: zapiąć pasy — to fasten one’s seat belt or safety belt
- Portuguese: colocar o cinto de segurança — to fasten one’s seat belt or safety belt
- Portuguese: colocar o cinto — to fasten one’s seat belt or safety belt
- Spanish: abrochar el cinturón — to fasten one’s seat belt or safety belt
- Swedish: spänna fast sig — to fasten one’s seat belt or safety belt
- Swedish: använda/fästa säkerhetsbälte — to fasten one’s seat belt or safety belt
- Turkish: emniyet kemerini bağlamak — to fasten one’s seat belt or safety belt