buckle up

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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Now, buckle up and let’s roll the montage of old postcards, weathered neon signs and swooping Googie rooflines, then zoom to the spot where motel history began.

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If you were hoping that 23andMe would be ushering in a long line of buyers who would like to use the data to finally cure cancer, buckle up.

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I ask about this pervasive idea that Saturn Returns are something to buckle up for — are they inherently disruptive?

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The company also is touting safety features including six different airbag types, sensors that it says prevent the car from starting until everyone is buckled up and software designed to prevent collisions.

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“And if the count is very close, we're going to get into lawsuits and recounts and all the rest of it. So everybody needs to buckle up.”

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