buckled up
Ready for takeoff
Buckled up means fastened with a seatbelt or safety harness: Is everyone buckled up back there?
The phrase extends to being prepared for something difficult or intense: Buckle up, it's going to be a bumpy ride.
As a past tense, it describes the act of fastening: She buckled up before starting the car.
- car seatVehicle safety device for children
- hunker downSettle in defensively
- seatbeltVehicle passenger restraint
- gear upPrepare for activity
- braceDevice providing structural stability
brace yourself · steel oneself · hold on tight · hang on · safety belt · get ready · harness · rise to the occasion · restraint · strap · strap in · prepare · tighten up · clasp · fastener · toughen up · tether · latch
buckled upunbuckled
Released a fastener
unrestrained · unfastened · loose · unsecured · unstrapped
buckled upunprepared
Lacking readiness beforehand
unready · caught off guard · vulnerable · exposed · unsecured
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