Meaning of button up | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To fasten with a button or buttons.
   transitive
2. To fasten all the buttons on a coat, or similar item of clothing, to keep warm.
   intransitive
3. To conclude; to finalize; to put the finishing touches (on).
   ambitransitive
4. To seal off (a military vehicle or facility).
   US, ergative, slang, transitive

Equivalents

Examples

“Button up your shirt cuff. It has come undone.”

“Button up well. It's freezing outside today.”

“It's time to button up the meeting.”

“He needs to button up.”

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

“We fired at the tanks and caused them to "button up" and then we started shooting the infantry.”

“He turned a key. NORAD buttoned up. The outside lights, flashing for half an hour now in warning of a simulated attack, stopped. Whoever was inside would stay inside. Whoever was outside would not be able to get in […]”

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