belt up

• Verbe à particule signifiant attacher sa ceinture de sécurité ou, dans un registre familier, se taire, arrêter de parler.

A phrasal verb used to mean to fasten a seatbelt, or informally to stop talking or be quiet.

indénombrable · intransitif · phrasal, sans objet

1. informalbritish

   To fasten a seatbelt in a vehicle.

   attacher sa ceinture de sécurité

   • Please belt up before I start the car.
   • He told the children to belt up in the back seat.
   • I always belt up as soon as I get in the car.

2. Be quiet or stop talkinginformalbritish

   A rude or informal way to tell someone to be quiet.

   Se taire (familier)

   • Belt up! I'm trying to concentrate.
   • He told his noisy brother to belt up.
   • She shouted at them to belt up during the film.

   Synonymeshushpipe downshushshut up

   Antonymesspeaktalk

Verbe de basebelt