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button
verbs
fasten a button
• Small children can't fasten their own buttons.
do up a button
(= fasten it )
• He quickly did up the buttons on his shirt.
unfasten a button
• Can you unfasten this button for me?
undo a button
(= unfasten it )
• I can't undo the buttons on the back of this dress.
a button is missing
• Two of the buttons on the jacket were missing.
a button comes off something
• A button has come off my skirt.
something has lost a button
• His favourite shirt had lost a button.
sew on a button
• It doesn't take a minute to sew on a button.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + button
the top/bottom button
• He was wearing a white shirt with the top button undone.
a shirt/skirt/coat etc button
• Is this your coat button?
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noun for fastening clothes ADJ. bottom, top The top button of his shirt was undone. | coat, shirt, etc. VERB + BUTTON do up, fasten | undo, unfasten | fumble with | lose My coat has lost a button. | rip off | sew on BUTTON + VERB be missing, come off, pop (off) There was a button missing from his shirt.CLOTHES small switch ADJ. on, start/starter | off, stop | control | fast forward, pause, play, rewind | alarm, panic She hit the alarm button as fast as she could. | mouse | self-destruct (often figurative) VERB + BUTTON click (on) (computing), depress, hit, hold down, press, push Click the left mouse button twice. | keep your finger on | release, take your finger off PHRASES at the touch of a button The remote control allows you to change channel at the touch of a button.COMPUTER
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