button up
to fasten (a garment) with a button or buttons
informal to conclude (business) satisfactorily
buttoned up slang taciturn; silent and somewhat tense
Words Nearby button up
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How to use button up in a sentence
He wore simple khaki pants and a light blue button-up shirt—no leather skirts.
Kanye West Debuts Baby North During Ridiculous Interview With Kris Jenner | Kevin Fallon | August 23, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTHe tans, moisturizes, exfoliates, and buffs, and then gels his hair back, with a crisp white button-up.
In ‘Mansome,’ Morgan Spurlock Takes On Modern Masculinity | Jessica Bennett | April 27, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTShe wears black ballet flats, cigarette-cut jeans, a sheer white button-up top and her trademark siren-red lipstick.
At this moment she is striving in vain to button up one of Chubby's gloves.
Lippa | Beatrice EgertonThe doctor and the examining magistrate got into the sledge, and the white coachman bent over them to button up the cover.
The Schoolmistress and Other Stories | Anton Chekhov
So saying, she began to button up Waldron's jacket in front, giving it a pull this way and that to make it set better.
Rollo in Scotland | Jacob AbbottMr. Shaw picked up his stick, his gloves, and his newspaper, and began slowly to button up his coat.
The Brute | Frederic Arnold KummerFour old men we appointed to be courtiers, and made them button up their coats.
A Jolly Fellowship | Frank R. Stockton
Other Idioms and Phrases with button up
Close securely, fasten, as in The house was all buttoned up, or Button up your coat—it's very cold. [Late 1500s]
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