as in to close
to come near or nearer
belly up to the buffet table and help yourselves
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Recent Examples of belly up
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.
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Karri Peifer, Axios, 26 July 2024
In 2018, a team posited that the heavily armored animals often went belly up because of bloating as their carcasses floated out to sea.
—Jack Tamisiea, New York Times, 14 July 2024
Some of the images are meant to be provocative: In one, a horseshoe crab, bronze and gleaming, lies belly up, stretching its legs toward the sky.
—Oli Turner, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 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
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Karri Peifer, Axios, 26 July 2024
In 2018, a team posited that the heavily armored animals often went belly up because of bloating as their carcasses floated out to sea.
—Jack Tamisiea, New York Times, 14 July 2024
Some of the images are meant to be provocative: In one, a horseshoe crab, bronze and gleaming, lies belly up, stretching its legs toward the sky.
—Oli Turner, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for belly up
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Golden State’s rebounding philosophy goes something like this: Gang rebound to close possessions and crash from the corners selectively on the other end.Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
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Brighton Boulevard, which runs through the middle of the refinery, was closed for a period that day.Noelle Phillips, The Denver Post, 15 Nov. 2024
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Had you been approached about rebooting Wizards before?Lacey Rose, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Nov. 2024
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Of course, fans approach Ruffalo with other movies on their minds, too.Jack Smart, People.com, 20 Nov. 2024
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The company anticipates meeting its liquidity needs for the next twelve months with cash on hand, additional draws on its First Lien Term Loan, and projected cash flows from operations.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
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Despite these challenges, axis members—and the axis as a whole—have drawn on support from their local states and communities and from one another to survive.Renad Mansour, Foreign Affairs, 13 Nov. 2024
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But even by its own high standards, the latest season, which premiered on Netflix in September and is nearing its home stretch, has been exceptional.Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
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On Election Day, millions of Americans are heading to the polls to choose the next president, as the race for the White House nears the finish line.Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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Gino Filippone was at a dinner with seasoned real-estate brokers this spring when the obvious topic came up: the NAR settlement.Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 14 Nov. 2024
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The larger cities in the Bay Area, while mostly coming up in the middle of the pack, did make improvements from last year.Kate Talerico, The Mercury News, 9 Nov. 2024
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“Belly up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/belly%20up. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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