buckle up

Meaning

1. Oxford79% of films

   to fasten your seat belt (= a belt worn by a passenger in a vehicle)

2. Editorial21% of films

   Used to tell someone to get ready for something intense, difficult, long, or surprising that is about to happen.

   Yeah. Buckle up, babe. [chuckles]

In the movies · 18

• Yeah. Buckle up, babe. [chuckles]Barbie2023
• (Tires screeching) Buckle up! I drive fuckin' nuts!Dinner in America2020
• Buckle up, boys! Next stop, England.Minions2015
• Buckle up HuhUs2019
• Buckle up, kid!The Mitchells vs. the Machines2021
• Buckle up, boys.The Boss Baby: Family Business2021
• Buckle up, everyone.The Secret Life of Pets 22019
• You might wanna buckle up.Red Eye2005

Learn it in full scenes

• Barbie2023
  • Barbie Rewrites the Doll Story
  • Barbie's Perfect Day in Barbie Land
  • Ken Beaches Off and Gets Hurt
• Minions2015
  • Minions Can't Keep a Boss
  • Kevin Volunteers to Find a New Master
  • Minions Wreck a Department Store

From the same entry

• buckle down

More phrasal verbs

• keep up with
• see to it that
• live on
• finish with
• get across
• keep away
• run out on
• pick on
• cut in
• fall through
• get through to
• pass by