button up

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Synonyms: buttons up, button-up, butter up, butt up, bottom up, buttoned up, button it, cotton up, button lip, button ad, butts up

Antonyms: buttons up, button-up, butter up, butt up, bottom up, buttoned up, button it, cotton up, button lip, button ad, butts up

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Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[fasten]] with a [[button]] or buttons.
2. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To fasten all the buttons on a [[coat]], or similar item of clothing, to keep [[warm]].
3. {{lb|en|ambitransitive}} To [[conclude]]; to [[finalize]]; to put the [[finishing touch]]es (on).
4. {{alternative form of|en|button up one's lip}}.
5. {{lb|en|US|military|slang|transitive|ergative}} To [[seal off]] (a [[military]] [[vehicle]] or [[facility]]).

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