buttonhole
verb/ˈbʌtnhəʊl/
/ˈbʌtnhəʊl/
(informal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they buttonhole | /ˈbʌtnhəʊl/ /ˈbʌtnhəʊl/ |
| he / she / it buttonholes | /ˈbʌtnhəʊlz/ /ˈbʌtnhəʊlz/ |
| past simple buttonholed | /ˈbʌtnhəʊld/ /ˈbʌtnhəʊld/ |
| past participle buttonholed | /ˈbʌtnhəʊld/ /ˈbʌtnhəʊld/ |
| -ing form buttonholing | /ˈbʌtnhəʊlɪŋ/ /ˈbʌtnhəʊlɪŋ/ |
- buttonhole somebody to make somebody 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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