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Swallow very quickly, as in After the race, he belted down a whole quart of water. This phrase is frequently used for guzzling whiskey or some other liquor. [Slang; mid-1800s]

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How to use belt down in a sentence

He would laboriously make his way from desk to loo, belt down a few, then return.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
"I am going down into The Corner for a moment," he said over his shoulder to George, as he took his belt down from the wall.
Gunman's Reckoning|Max Brand
When I threw my belt down, I shoved it along on the deck with my foot, and finally stood on it.
Lest We Forget|John Gilbert Thompson
Every man unconsciously took to throwing his pistol under the table, flinging sword-belt down and hiding daggers below benches.
Heralds of Empire|Agnes C. Laut

I dangled the belt down to him, tucked the rifle under my arm with my umbrella, and descended.
Through the Land of the Serb|Mary Edith Durham
He was wearing his belt-axe and it looked as if it weighed a ton the way it dragged his belt down.
Roy Blakeley's Bee-line Hike|Percy Keese Fitzhugh