Betydelse av buttonhole på svenska

• 0 a hole that a button is pushed through to fasten a shirt, coat, etc.

• 1 to stop someone and make them listen to you:

  • Greg buttonholed me about sales figures when I came out of the meeting.

• 2 a narrow hole that a button is pushed through to fasten a shirt, coat, etc.

• 3 to stop someone and make the person listen to you:

  • They took out newspaper ads and buttonholed politicians to lobby for the change.