belted up

verb

past tense of belt up, British
as in dried up
to stop talking the schoolboy ordered his mates to belt up about the prank

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for belted up
  1. dried up
  2. hushed
  3. piped down
  4. clammed up
Verb
  • But the drought that set the stage for the fires has dried up Baltzor's hay meadows, too.
    — Anna King, NPR, 25 Oct. 2026
  • Al-Shahid, a hair salon owner, said her income also dried up a few weeks ago.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of dried up
Verb
  • Hans Op de Beeck’s first dalliance with a luxury house feels a lot like his art — hushed, contemplative, and slightly under the radar.
    — Miles Socha, Footwear News, 24 Oct. 2026
  • The lounge is a real scene, especially during afternoon tea, when a perfectly coiffed crowd has hushed discussions about worldly matters.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of hushed
Verb
  • Since becoming mayor, though, Mamdani has piped down publicly on his calls for the freeze in order to avoid the appearance of compromising the board’s independence.
    — Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 25 June 2026
  • This is then piped down to the Gulf where it is turned into liquid, frozen to [less than] minus 200 degrees Fahrenheit and then put into ships.
    — Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 5 Feb. 2026
Definition of piped down
Verb
  • Anyone asked by local or national media over the past few months if they’d been invited to the nuptials clammed up quickly.
    — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 2 July 2026
  • On Israel, a lot of candidates have clammed up.
    — Naaman Zhou, New Yorker, 22 June 2026
Definition of clammed up
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“Belted up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/belted%20up. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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