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buckle someone or something up

to attach someone or something securely with straps that buckle together. (This emphasizes the completeness and secureness of the act.) Buckle the children up before we leave. Buckle up your shoes.

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British Rally On-Board Experience - DVD There is no better way to see a rally than from the driving seat, so buckle up for a driver's view of the ups and downs, skids and flips of the British Rally Championship. Wheel entertainment by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) The best way to avoid forgetting to buckle up, Lynch said, is to just click the belts before you even start the car. OFFICERS CHECKING KIDS FOR SEAT BELTS by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) Throughout the week leading up to Memorial Day, motorists who don't buckle up children will be stopped as part of Operation ABC Mobilization: America Buckles Up Children. BRIEFLY : DEPUTIES TO ENFORCE CHILD SEAT BELT LAWS by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)			brush aside brush away brush by brush down brush off brush over brush up brush with death brush-off bubble bubble over bubble up buck buck for buck naked buck off buck stops here buck the system buck the trend buck up bucket buckle buckle down buckle in buckle under buckle up bud bud out budding genius buddy buddy up budge an inch budget for buff buff down buff up buffet bug bug off bug out buggy build build a better mousetrap build a case build bridges build castles in the air build down build hopes on build in build into build on			buckjumper buckjumper buckjumpers buckjumpers buckjumping buckjumping buckjumps buckjumps Buckland Buckland Buckland Community Centre Buckland, William Buckland, William bucklandite Bucklands Beach Yacht Club buckle buckle buckle buckle buckle down buckle down buckle down buckle fern buckle fold buckle in buckle on buckle plate buckle to buckle under buckle under buckle up Buckle Up New York Buckle, Henry Thomas Buckle, Inc. buckled buckled buckled buckled down buckled down buckled up buckled up Buckled Zones buckler buckler Buckler (weapon) Buckler (weapon) buckler fern buckler ferns buckler mustard Buckler thorn Buckler-headed bucklered bucklered bucklering bucklering bucklers bucklers buckles buckles buckles buckles down

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