0 past simple and past participle of button --
1 to fasten something, usually a piece of clothing, using buttons: --
Let us see that the first button is buttoned right and start on sound lines.
Suppose that everybody who had any money buttoned up his pockets the more closely and was the more careful of it.
We have buttoned that up by ensuring that that is one condition that he has to obey.
It is said that if the first button of a man's coat be wrongly buttoned, then the whole will be wrong.
I would be much happier if this matter could be buttoned up in the pleasant atmosphere prevailing this morning.
Nothing can be so totally buttoned up as to be absolutely safe.
Now they have buttoned-up their pockets completely and there is no money, or very little money, forthcoming from the ordinary financial sources.
I hope and pray it will be buttoned up and tidied up before the men are asked to come forward.
