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belt up
BE QUIET
1. UK very informal used to tell someone to stop talking or making a noise
• Just belt up, will you! I'm trying to concentrate., belt up
FASTEN
2. UK informal ( US buckle up ) to fasten the belt that keeps you in your seat in a car or a plane
• Don't forget, belt up before you drive off., belt sth out
[ M ] informal
to sing or play a musical instrument very loudly
• The band was belting out all the old favourites.
Cambridge-Phrasal Verbs
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noun narrow piece of leather, etc. worn round the waist ADJ. broad, wide | narrow | thick | studded | cartridge, money, sword | trouser VERB + BELT buckle, do up, fasten | unbuckle, undo, unfasten | tighten | loosen BELT + NOUN buckle, loopCLOTHES in a machine ADJ. conveyor, drive, fan area of land ADJ. wide | narrow, thin | coastal, mountain | corn, cotton, wheat | green, industrial New roads are cutting into the green belt (= open land round a city where building is strictly controlled). | commuter, stockbroker PREP. ~ of a narrow belt of trees
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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belt
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + belt
a wide belt
• Along the coast is a wide belt of sand dunes.
a narrow belt
• The tree grows in a narrow belt around the western Mediterranean.
the green belt
British English (= land around a city where building is not allowed )
• the government's commitment to protecting the green belt
a mountain belt
(= a long and wide area of mountains )
• mountain belts such as the Himalayas
a coastal belt
(= land along the coast )
• The wide coastal belt is a flat plain, partially wooded.
an industrial belt
(= where there are a lot of factories etc )
• the northern industrial belt of the United States
the corn/cotton/wheat belt
(= where corn/cotton etc is grown )
• Western Australia's wheat belt
the commuter belt
British English (= an area around a large city from where people travel to work in the city every day )
• House prices are high in the London commuter belt.
the stockbroker belt
British English (= an area around a city where rich people who work in the city live )
• wealthy families living in the stockbroker belt
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