bellied up; bellying up; bellies up
: to move close or next to
bellied up to the bar
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Examples of belly-up in a Sentence
Verb
belly up to the buffet table and help yourselves
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Ben Weiss, Fortune Crypto, 11 Apr. 2023
Karri Peifer, Axios, 26 July 2024
So, basically, with everyone tiptoeing around Hill’s criminal case, Buddy is just bellying up to the ballot box and saying: Make this a referendum on me.
—Scott Maxwell, Orlando Sentinel, 12 June 2024
For an authentic diner experience, slide into a booth or belly up to the counter at Angelo’s Glassboro Diner.
—Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 June 2024
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Adjective
BitcoinBuilder, Jones’s exchange, had a significant amount of funds tied up in Mt. Gox, once the world’s largest exchange and which went belly-up after hackers siphoned approximately $500 million from under its owner’s nose.
—Ben Weiss, Fortune Crypto, 11 Apr. 2023
Verb
That translates to an additional $20,000 in sales over the three days from folks who bellied up to the bars while waiting (and waiting and waiting) for their flights.
—Karri Peifer, Axios, 26 July 2024
So, basically, with everyone tiptoeing around Hill’s criminal case, Buddy is just bellying up to the ballot box and saying: Make this a referendum on me.
—Scott Maxwell, Orlando Sentinel, 12 June 2024
For an authentic diner experience, slide into a booth or belly up to the counter at Angelo’s Glassboro Diner.
—Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 June 2024
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“Belly-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/belly-up. Accessed 8 Jan. 2025.
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