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“It was never particularly clear what constitutional theory undergirded the oath of office charges. I suspect the DA’s office will button up their theory and go back to the grand jury.”

From Salon Mar. 13, 2024

Someday soon, Cliff Lee will button up a pinstriped jersey and tug at a fresh navy cap and flash a $140 million smile for the cameras in the Bronx.

From New York Times Dec. 9, 2010

"In my inside coat pocket; then I will button my coat over it."

From Brave Tom The Battle That Won by Ellis, Edward Sylvester

Occasionally, also, the February-sown plants of Henderson's Snowball and Erfurt will button.

From The Cauliflower by Crozier, A. A. (Arthur Alger)

I will button it over this waistcoat and it will not be noticed.

From A Forest Hearth: A Romance of Indiana in the Thirties by Major, Charles