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are buttonholing

  • present progressive
    of buttonhole.
    buttonhole
    noun
    the hole, slit, or loop through which a button is passed and by which it is secured.

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The radicals of the movement, who advocate a free Tibet, are buttonholing the centrists to shore up support in the mainstream.

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