button up - definition and meaning

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Wiktionary

v. transitive To fasten with a button or buttons.
v. intransitive To fasten all the buttons on a coat, or similar item of clothing, to keep warm.

WordNet 3.0

v. refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent

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•Open List: Be Vewwy, Vewwy Quiet....

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button up, hush, clam up, close up, don't say boo, shut it, pipe down, keep mum, dummy up, shut up, belt up, hush up and 89 more...
phrasal verbs: UP

throw up, jazz up, cover up, add up, conjure up, beef up, chat up, butter up, pucker up, cough up, clam up, close up and 74 more...
Quiet Alternatives

Quiet

tacit, taciturn, still, hushed, dampen, soft pedal, clammed up, pipe down, hush-hush, shush, muffled, toned down and 34 more...

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