belt up

verb(adverb)

slang to become or cause to become silent; stop talking: often used in the imperative
to fasten with or by a belt, esp a seat belt

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How to use belt up in a sentence

Example: “The same poli from the boardwalk—Officer Mustache—hitched his belt up under his chubby belly and approached the scene.”
Snooki Dictionary for Her Book, A Shore Thing | Jaimie Etkin | January 4, 2011 | THE DAILY BEAST
Simon gave me a little more of his meal this morning, and went without himself: I took my belt up three holes to relieve hunger.
The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume I (of 2), 1866-1868 | David Livingstone
They laughed at his notion of it, and Seth Barker sympathetically pegged his belt up one.
The House Under the Sea | Sir Max Pemberton
But at the time that he was firing the gun, a possibility from his belt up.
Warren Commission (3 of 26): Hearings Vol. III (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
One more notch Ill take my belt up, and after that you watch me toddle for that Paradise ahead.
The Broncho Rider Boys Along the Border | Frank Fowler

She threatens periodically to burn the belt up and throw the old rifles out of the house.
Nan of Music Mountain | Frank H. Spearman

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