BELT UP Synonyms: 22 Similar and Opposite Words

belt up

verb

Definition of belt up

British

as in to quiet (down)

to stop talking the schoolboy ordered his mates to belt up about the prank

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Recent Examples of belt up So getting some of those at-bats under his belt up here will be part of that. — Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 28 Aug. 2022 The evening’s co-main event bout between Raymond Ford and Thomas Mattice also has a belt up for grabs. — Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025 Going back home Sunday looks nice, except for the Lake Effect Snow belt up in New York, Pennsylvania and Michigan. — Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2024 Designed to attach to a belt up to 2½ inches wide or to a PALS system, the pouch comes very close to duplicating the performance of an OWB holster. — Mike Dickerson, Outdoor Life, 23 Oct. 2020

Recent Examples of Synonyms for belt up

Verb

Tragically, fortunes turned when the crops had to be burned, drying up the area’s only significant resource.

— Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 8 July 2026
Architectural decision records, design review minutes and post-implementation documentation are drying up, despite the same or higher rate of architectural change.

— Kevin Cushnie, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

Definition of dry up

Verb

The brothers bonded over the game, but in his work, Grant so frequently provided a microphone for the voices a powerful organization would rather hush.

— Sam McDowell July 1, Kansas City Star, 1 July 2026
Behind the station doors are 150 polished European-style rooms, hushed corridors and a few magnificent surprises.

— David Hochman, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026