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.
will button
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future tenseof button.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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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
Throw off your coat—here is one that will button close and hide your vest, and I think you will find it about your size.
From Shoulder-Straps A Novel of New York and the Army, 1862 by Henry Morford
If we cut them off at the knee you can tuck all her little clothes inside it, and they will button up under her arms and come down over her feet.
From Through Russian Snows A Story of Napoleon's Retreat from Moscow by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
I will button you up in a jiffy and we can take this bumptious little person along with us.
From The Camp Fire Girls at Sunrise Hill by Margaret Vandercook
