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Definition of button verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

     

    button

     verb
    verb
    NAmE//ˈbʌtn//
     
    Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they button
     
     he / she / it buttons
     
     past simple buttoned
     
     -ing form buttoning
     
     
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  1. 1[transitive] button something (up) to fasten something with buttons She hurriedly buttoned (up) her blouse.
  2. 2[intransitive] button (up) to be fastened with buttons The dress buttons (up) at the back.
    3. Idioms
    button it! (informal)
     
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    used to tell someone rudely to be quiet
See button in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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