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button up

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Verb

  1. To fasten with a button or buttons.
  2. To fasten all the buttons on a coat, or similar item of clothing, to keep warm.
  3. To conclude; to finalize; to put the finishing touches (on).
  4. Alternative form of button up one's lip.
  5. To seal off (a military vehicle or facility).

Noun

  1. A shirt fastened by a vertical column of buttons at the front.

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