button up (English, verb)
expansion: button up (third-person singular simple present buttons up, present participle buttoning up, simple past and past participle buttoned up)
Senses:
glosses: To fasten with a button or buttons.
tags: transitive
glosses: To fasten all the buttons on a coat, or similar item of clothing, to keep warm.
tags: intransitive
glosses: To conclude; to finalize; to put the finishing touches (on).
tags: ambitransitive
glosses: Alternative form of button up one's lip.
tags: alt-of
alternative
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: To seal off (a military vehicle or facility).
tags: US
ergative
slang
transitive
Forms:
form: buttons up
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: buttoning up
tags: participle
present
form: buttoned up
tags: participle
past
form: buttoned up
tags: past