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button up

VERB
batten down the hatches
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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 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

Time to grab his baseball bat, button up his Detroit Tigers uniform, and head to the Home Run Park batting cages in Anaheim.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 2023

I put my glass down and grab the remote, clicking the volume button up, up, up.

From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins