button
noun
a small disk, knob, or the like for sewing or otherwise attaching to an article, as of clothing, serving as a fastening when passed through a buttonhole or loop.
had buttoned
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past perfectof button.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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A.F. of L.'s annual convocation had buttoned up its coats and gone home.
From Time Magazine Archive
There was also hopeful talk that the underground in Cuba, realizing that the invasion was foredoomed, had buttoned up and managed to weather the storm.
From Time Magazine Archive
I had buttoned up the collar and tied the belt, apronlike, in back.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
I speak for myself and that infernal fleece lining, which I had buttoned back into its proper place.
From Notes of a Camp-Follower on the Western Front by E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung
I cleared away the snow from one end, kicking it with my boots, and then, when I had buttoned my fur coat around me, I crawled into the log with my gun.
From The Curlytops Snowed In Grand Fun with Skates and Sleds by Howard R. Garis
