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.
has been buttoning
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present perfect progressiveof button (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
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Under the driving leadership of George E. McWatters, 40, a fourth-generation descendant of the first John Harvey, Harvey's since World War II has been buttoning up its sources of supply.
From Time Magazine Archive
