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Discover LudwigThe phrase "are strapped up" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where someone is secured or restrained, often referring to being fastened or tied down, either literally or metaphorically.
Example: "The roller coaster riders are strapped up tightly before the ride begins."
Alternatives: "are secured" or "are fastened".
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The important point here is that not all means-tested programs are strapped up as combatants in the "War on Poverty".
Things will move fast once you are strapped up, so just let things happen.
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The wrist was strapped up, the pain was numbed by a couple of over-the-counter pills and, trooper that he is, McIlroy took himself to the first tee and went to work.
Photograph: Dominic Ebenbichler / Reuters 1.04pm BST France's Ugo Legrand hasn't got in a tangle with the tape, he is being strapped up during his match against Egypt's Hussein Hafiz during their men's 73kg judo contest.
It's a little bit bulky on my head, and the goggles it attaches to have to be strapped up really tightly or it can move them a bit and let water in, but other than that I think it could really help you get into the right range if you're working too hard or not hard enough.
"We were treated like animals, we were strapped up, thrown from one cage to another in the dark; we didn't have a say.
With my pseudo-shredded neck giving me the effect of a painfully sunburnt holidaymaker, I was strapped up with a kitted-out Fitbit of sorts and told to make my way into another room where a trampoline and a slow-motion camera were awaiting me.
With my pseudo-shredded neck giving me the effect of a painfully sunburnt holiday-maker, I was strapped up with a kitted-out Fitbit of sorts and told to make my way into another room where a trampoline and a slow-motion camera were awaiting me.
"All the dudes, like now, we're strapping up," boasted a 15-year-old in a fashionably flat-billed cap, within earshot of a group of girls.
If need be, strap up sitting, then carefully stand.
We're hurtling towards bend six, which is important, because that's where, according to Jacques Duc, the pilot of the bobsleigh we are strapped into, says "it picks up speed".
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