fasten seatbelt

Meaning

To 'fasten your seatbelt' means to buckle the safety strap across your body in a car or airplane. This is a standard safety instruction given by flight attendants before takeoff and landing, or when the ride gets bumpy.

Examples

• The pilot turned on the sign to remind everyone to fasten their seatbelts.

  The pilot turned on the sign to remind everyone to fasten their seatbelts.

• Please fasten your seatbelt and return your seat to the upright position.

  Please fasten your seatbelt and return your seat to the upright position.

• I always fasten my seatbelt as soon as I sit down in a taxi.

  I always fasten my seatbelt as soon as I sit down in a taxi.

• You must keep your seatbelt fastened while the sign is illuminated.

  You must keep your seatbelt fastened while the sign is illuminated.

• The flight attendant walked down the aisle to check if everyone had fastened their seatbelts.

  The flight attendant walked down the aisle to check if everyone had fastened their seatbelts.

Common Mistakes

• ✗ Please close your seatbelt before we start.

  ✓ Please fasten your seatbelt before we start.

  We do not 'close' a seatbelt in English. We 'fasten' or 'buckle' it.

• ✗ You need to tie your seatbelt.

  ✓ You need to fasten your seatbelt.

  The verb 'tie' implies using a knot. A seatbelt has a metal buckle, so we use 'fasten'.

Related Expressions

Practice

• The sign on the airplane reminds you to ___.

  💡 Lock your safety strap in place.

  Show answer

  fasten seatbelt

• When you get into a car, the first thing you should do is ___.

  💡 Secure your safety strap.

  Show answer

  fasten your seatbelt