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button it

button it verb: to be quiet, stop talking.

Verb

button it (third-person singular simple present buttons it, present participle buttoning it, simple past and past participle buttoned it)

  1. (imperative, informal, usually) To be quiet, stop talking.
    • I don't need any advice from you, so button it.

Forms of button it

third-person singular presentbuttons it
present participlebuttoning it
past participlebuttoned it
pastbuttoned it

Origin of button it

Shortened form of button one's lip.

Questions about button it

What does button it mean?
Button it means to be quiet, stop talking.
What part of speech is button it?
Button it is a verb.
What is the past tense of button it?
The past tense of button it is buttoned it.

Words near button it in the dictionary

  1. button fish
  2. button fishes
  3. button grass
  4. button hole
  5. button holes
  6. button it
  7. button lift
  8. button lifts
  9. button lock
  10. button locks
  11. button man

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