buckling up
Clicking the strap
Buckling up is fastening a seatbelt or safety harness: Make sure the kids are buckled up before we go.
The phrase appears constantly in safety campaigns and flight announcements.
Figuratively, to buckle up is to prepare for something difficult or turbulent: Buckle up, it's going to be a rough quarter.
- lap beltWaist-level vehicle restraint
- shoulder strapBand securing carried items
- seatbeltVehicle passenger restraint
- carWheeled motor vehicle
- road tripExtended pleasure drive
precaution · strap · latch · airbags · unbuckle · safety protocol · preparedness · helmet · airplane · harness · bus · crash test dummy · clasp · emergency brake · compliance · life jacket · restraint · safety first
- driving safetyblind spot, braking, brake, signaling, merging
- passenger behaviorboarding, exiting, sitting, standing, waiting
- defensedefense, defending, protecting, protection, security
- vehicle maneuverssteering, braking, accelerating, parking, reversing
fastening action
buckling upunbuckling
Releasing a metal fastener
unfastening · unstrapping · unclipping · releasing · loosening
safety behavior
buckling upthrowing caution to the wind