button up
Example Sentences
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"With the overtake mode, the driver behind can use the boost button up to I think 330km/h, where the guy in the front can only use it to 290km/h," Russell said.
From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026
It was all about the cool dark shirt, the leather jacket, the black suit button up… I asked myself “how am I gonna be different here and also comfortable?”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 2, 2025
“It was never particularly clear what constitutional theory undergirded the oath of office charges. I suspect the DA’s office will button up their theory and go back to the grand jury.”
From Salon • Mar. 13, 2024
Bratt’s team began to button up witness accounts and stress-test factual evidence against the law.
From Washington Post • Mar. 1, 2023
His belly was large; it must have been a struggle to button up his shirt.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
