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Definition of buttonhole verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

buttonhole

verb

NAmE//ˈbʌtnˌhoʊl//

buttonhole somebody (informal)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they buttonhole

he / she / it buttonholes

past simple buttonholed

-ing form buttonholing

to make someone stop and listen to you, especially when they do not want to He buttonholed me just as I was going home.

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