bellied up

verb

past tense of belly up
as in approached
to come near or nearer belly up to the buffet table and help yourselves

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bellied up
  1. approached
  2. closed
  3. closed in
  4. came
  5. drew on
  6. came up
  7. neared
Verb
  • Sky guard Natasha Cloud approached Freedom’s courtside seat during a third-quarter timeout, leading to a verbal exchange.
    — Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 29 Aug. 2026
  • As the end approached, families moved out, one at a time, hugging and saying goodbyes to each other outside their dorms.
    — Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of approached
Verb
  • The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite and the S&P 500 both closed at their lowest levels in nearly two weeks.
    — , CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
  • While one of the Sutter County fire stations is closed, the two other county fire stations will provide the primary response to calls for help.
    — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of closed
Verb
  • The hotel, just south of the Bayshore Mall in Glendale, closed in mid July after its lodging license was revoked.
    — Steven Martinez, jsonline.com, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Gruber noted that five elementary schools in his area have closed in the past nine years.
    — Dan Kaufman, New Yorker, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of closed in
Verb
  • That came just a few days after news broke that Palantir had secured a $10 billion contract from the US Army over the next decade.
    — Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2025
  • All five of Bednar’s outs came via strikeout on Wednesday.
    — Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 7 Aug. 2025
Definition of came
Verb
  • Yet perhaps the unsung hero in the market was China, which drew on its huge stockpiles, leaving more oil in the market for other economies.
    — Katie Silver, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Dorychevskyi drew on a year of interviews with former prisoners of war for the production.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of drew on
Verb
  • In the preseason finale on Friday night, the Dallas Cowboys came up just short after a fourth-quarter rally and fell to the New Orleans Saints 27-24.
    — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Trainers put his leg in an air cast, and players from both teams came up to the rookie before he was carted off the field.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of came up
Verb
  • In just three months, that figure neared the roughly $156 billion worth of facilities that were disrupted during all of 2025.
    — Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 29 Aug. 2026
  • The psychologist’s testimony came Monday during the prosecution’s rebuttal case as the triple-murder trial neared its conclusion.
    — Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of neared
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“Bellied up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bellied%20up. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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