com/topic/under-one-s-belt under one's bel t Experienced or achieved, as in Once a medical student has anatomy under her belt, she'll have much less to memorize . This metaphoric expression likens food that has been consumed to an experience that has been digested. [Colloquial; first half of 1800s]
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