Phrasal Verb - Buttoning Up
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.Definition
The phrasal verb 'button up' is a verb of incomplete predication, which means that it typically requires a preposition (down) to form a complete predicate. The word button can have two different meanings: a sewing button or a button on a control device. As a result, there are two different meanings in the idiomatic context. The usual case using the sewing button refers to fastening clothing with buttons, hooks, zippers, or other original closures while keeping one's valuables safe. Another context using the button on a control device suggests something has been turned on, similar to pressing the button. However it is worth mentioning that the former prefix we use can have a broad application. It can be used in idiomatic expressions which mean enabling something that was once finished or put aside. The other meaning, in its usual case on the control device, does not exactly have the inverse. For the contexts of applications where the phrasal verb might be useful.
Examples
| No. | Example |
|---|---|
| 1 | It takes a team effort to button up this campaign for another three months. |
| 2 | Many people believed that she had buttoned up the color palette by emphasizing brighter colors in the center of the paint space. |
| 3 | The activists have to button up all concessions within the union before the negotiations get out of hand. |
| 4 | The couple decided to button up their modest house coat to stay warmer. |
| 5 | The ornamental chandelier has finally been buttoned up, illuminated and perfectly aligned. |
| 6 | The colleagues had to button up the bargains and send it through for the final handling of new business developments. |
| 7 | This brainstorm session will not be buttoned up until the ideas can all connect, and implant mental acceptable goals. |
| 8 | Sometimes these connections already create a significant oversight but do still in many cases just button up imagination right away. |
| 9 | The various concrete structures will experience cold rates once they button up through the holes left. |
| 10 | But this processing sprint can't start before they really button up all data. |