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belt up
verb
slangto become or cause to become silent; stop talking: often used in the imperative
to fasten with or by a belt, esp a seat belt
Example Sentences
Mr Bukhari and his wife weren’t as badly injured because they were belted up.
"We just have to tighten our belts up so we can still afford to bring him here."
I remember getting a lot of Looney Tunes oversized T-shirts — whenever we talk about throwback T-shirts, that was always one — and baggy pants that I had to belt up.
The Liverpudlian puts his WBA world super-middleweight title up for grabs in San Antonio and with the vacant WBC belt up for grabs too, the winner will hold two of the four belts at 168lbs.
It is barely conceivable that tens of thousands of drivers and passengers make the decision each day not to belt up.
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