buckle up

Idioms  

1. Fasten a seat belt, as in All the children must learn to buckle up as soon as they get in a car. This term came into wide use in the second half of the 1900s, when seat belts became mandatory automobile equipment. Earlier they had been used mainly in airplanes.

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buckle up

“The BOJ will probably have to sit on its hands and buckle up for unwelcome downside JPY volatility,” Varathan adds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026

“He said yes, so it was like, ‘Let’s buckle up and go on this weird journey together.’”

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 2, 2026

The consultant says he predicts 2026 will be the year of AI dominated content on social media, adding: "If you thought that AI animal content was quirky, I think buckle up".

From BBC ● Nov. 28, 2025

Investors in Treasury debt should buckle up for a week full of news with the potential to move prices.

From Barron's ● Nov. 10, 2025

“I was hoping Mom would get to vote today,” I say as I buckle up.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan