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Button up

verb, slang

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Verb
  1. 1
    To fasten with a button or buttons. transitive

    "Button up your shirt cuff. It has come undone."

  2. 2
    refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent wordnet
  3. 3
    To fasten all the buttons on a coat, or similar item of clothing, to keep warm. intransitive

    "Button up well. It's freezing outside today."

  4. 4
    To conclude; to finalize; to put the finishing touches (on). ambitransitive

    "It's time to button up the meeting."

  5. 5
    Alternative form of button up one's lip. alt-of, alternative

    "He needs to button up."

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  1. 6
    To seal off (a military vehicle or facility). US, ergative, slang, transitive

    "Once buttoned up, NORAD's operation center can survive for more than 30 days without aid from the outside world."

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