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  • 41button up — phrasal verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms button up : present tense I/you/we/they button up he/she/it buttons up present participle buttoning up past tense buttoned up past participle buttoned up same as button II His jacket was buttoned… …

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  • 42button — [14] Button comes via Old French bouton from Vulgar Latin *botōne, a word connected with the verb *hottāre ‘thrust’ (from which ultimately English gets butt ‘hit with the head’). The underlying notion contained in button is thus of something… …

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  • 43button — See: HAVE ALL ONE S BUTTONS, ON THE BUTTON, PUSH THE PANIC BUTTON …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 44button — See: HAVE ALL ONE S BUTTONS, ON THE BUTTON, PUSH THE PANIC BUTTON …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 45button — 1. noun /ˈbʌ.ʔn̩/ a) A knob or disc that is passed through a loop or (buttonhole), serving as a fastener. April fastened the buttons of her overcoat to keep out the wind. b) A mechanical device meant to be pressed with a fin …

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  • 46Button — 1But|ton [bʌtn] der; , <nach dem gleichnamigen amerik. Eiskunstläufer> hoher Spreizsprung beim Eiskunstlauf Button 2 2But|ton [bʌtn] der; s, s <aus engl. button »Knopf«>: 1. runde Plastikplakette mit Inschrift, die die Meinung des… …

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  • 47button — See: have all one s buttons, on the button, push the panic button …

    Словарь американских идиом

  • 48button — n 1a. the clitoris. An obvious reference which has been recorded in English since 1879. It gave rise to the now archaic buttonhole for the vagina. 1b. the chin. Most often heard in the phrase right on the button , used of a punch that finds its… …

    Contemporary slang

  • 49button —    1. (man) American    a professional killer    Presumably you press him for action:     Know what a button is, DeLoroza? A shooter. (Diehl, 1978)     His head was alive and jumping with notions of button men. (M. Thomas, 1980)    2. American… …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • 50button-on — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective Etymology: from button on, v. : attached with buttons a child s button on waist …

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