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One of the things I've always thought is a drag in so many period adaptations is that they are always buttoned up to the neck in so many clothes all the time. I'm always looking for excuses to get them out of their clothes.
Andrew Davies

Meaning of "buttoned up" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BUTTONED UP

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BUTTONED UP

button one´s lip
button quail
button rose
button tow
button tree
button up
button-down
button-through
buttonball
buttonbush
buttoned-down
buttoner
buttonhold
buttonhole
buttonhole stitch
buttonholer
buttonhook
buttonless
buttonmould
buttons

WORDS THAT END LIKE BUTTONED UP

dolled up
dressed up
end up
fed up
fired up
glammed up
hyped up
keyed up
mixed up
psyched up
puffed up
screwed up
shed up
speed up
speeded up
steamed up
stuffed up
tooled up
washed up
worked up
wrapped up

Synonyms and antonyms of buttoned up in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «buttoned up» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BUTTONED UP

Find out the translation of buttoned up to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
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Translator English - Chinese

搞定了
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

abotonado
570 millions of speakers

English

buttoned up
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बटन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

زرر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

застегнул
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

abotoado
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বোতামযুক্ত আপ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

boutonné
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Berkunci
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

knöpft
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ケリ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

최대 놨는데
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tombol munggah
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cài nút lên
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Buttoned up
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बटण दाबले
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Düğmeli
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

abbottonato
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zapięty
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

застебнув
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

nasturii sus
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κουμπωμένο μέχρι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

knoop
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

knäppt upp
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kneppet opp
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BUTTONED UP»

The term «buttoned up» is regularly used and occupies the 94.210 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about buttoned up

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3 QUOTES WITH «BUTTONED UP»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word buttoned up.
1
Andrew Davies
One of the things I've always thought is a drag in so many period adaptations is that they are always buttoned up to the neck in so many clothes all the time. I'm always looking for excuses to get them out of their clothes.
2
Thomas Mallon
American secretaries of state have typically been more buttoned up than bon vivant, but John Quincy Adams's diplomatic successes - bigger than anything presidential or legislative that he achieved - still surprise a student of his personality.
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Kathryn Minshew
As we've grown 'The Daily Muse' and met contacts who want to collaborate with us, knowing who does what has helped us be clear on who we want our partners to connect with - and makes us look buttoned up, too. SEO firm? Talk to our COO. An editor from the 'Huffington Post?' Meet our Editor-in-Chief.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BUTTONED UP»

Discover the use of buttoned up in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to buttoned up and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Buttoned-Up: The East London Line
This is a very pleasing set of books' A Common Reader blog 'The contrasts and transitions between books are as stirring as the books themselves .
Jop van Bennekom, Gert Jonkers, 2013
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Pretty Neat: The Buttoned-up Way to Get Organized and Let Go ...
Funny, irreverent, entertaining, and helpful, the book covers all facets of clutter-control, from tried-and-true tips for conquering to-do lists and wrangling family schedules to ideas on excavating inboxes, eliminating excuses, and ...
Alicia Rockmore, Sarah Welch, 2010
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Buttoned-Up Secretary, British Boss (Mills & Boon Modern)
Wanted: Secretary, prepared to work overtime.
Susanne James, 2010
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Everything (almost) In Its Place: Control Chaos, Conquer ...
Loaded with effective strategies, Everything (almost) In Its Place will teach you to get organized enough to get things done, get to where you (and the family) need to go and still have time for some rest and relaxation.
Alicia Rockmore, Sarah Welch, 2008
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A Cyclopedia of the Best Thoughts of Charles Dickens
BUTTONED-UP MEN 58 CANAL-BOAT wardly, he begged to be allowed to do it for,I him; “for meat," he said with some emotion, “must be humored, not drove." { Harlin Clzuzz/e'un'l, Chap. 39. BUTIONED-UP MEN—Their importance. Mr. Tite ...
Charles Dickens, 1872
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Little Dorrit
But, Mr. Tite Barnacle was a buttoned-up man, and consequently a weighty one. All buttoned-up men are weighty. All buttoned-up men are believed in. Whether or no the reserved and never-exercised power of unbuttoning, fascinates ...
Charles Dickens, 1857
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Little Dorrit, Vol. II ~ Paperbound
But, Mr. Tite Barnacle was a buttoned-up man, and consequently a weighty one. All buttoned-up men are weighty. All buttoned- up men are believed in. Whether or no the reserved and never-exercised power of unbuttoning, fascinates ...
Dickens, Charles
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The Romantic Syndrome: Toward a New Method in Cultural ...
The 'through and through' philosophy, as it actually exists . . . seems too buttoned -up and white-chokered and clean-shaven a thing to speak for the vast slow- breathing Kosmos with its dread abysses and its unknown tides." 1 So too F. H. ...
W.T. Jones, 1973
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Visions of Violence: German Avant-Gardes After Fascism
He stood there against the tiled wall, tiles, white, white squares, the same pattern, tiles, had buttoned his pants open and he buttoned up his pants, indifferent, heard the trickling of water, it trickled out of the nickel knobs, sprayed widely, it ran ...
Richard Langston, 2008
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Legal Accents, Legal Borrowing: The International ...
Jonathan Monk, at the Ministry of Justice, for example, said, “British culture, I think , is probably less buttoned up than it was thirty, forty years ago. . . . You can say that there are more displays of sentimentalism, shall we say, in British public life ...
James L. Nolan Jr., 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BUTTONED UP»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term buttoned up is used in the context of the following news items.
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What's the deal? Cargill selling off
The more timid chose to either sit buttoned up or crane their necks in wonderment. Each turtle had been previously registered and numbered to ... «Arkansas Online, Jul 15»
2
Richard Thompson
'All Buttoned Up' is archetypal Thompson, a tale of an awkward, insular character who sadly suppresses his own raging desires. Thompson ... «The Quietus, Jul 15»
3
Jaojoby brings infectious beats to SA
Fifteen minutes earlier we had just interviewed the Madagascan “king of salegy” who was buttoned up against the cold in a big, black jacket ... «Independent Online, Jul 15»
4
Guitarist and Songwriter Richard Thompson's 'Still' Got It
Longtime fans know that means spiky rockers ("All Buttoned Up") and melancholy original ballads that sound like traditional English folk songs ... «Mother Jones, Jul 15»
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Rita Ora flashes serious sideboob as she goes braless in a plunging …
Giving pedestrians an eyeful, the 24-year-old donned a risqué ensemble in the form of a hardly buttoned up white shirt and distressed thigh ... «South Carolina SC, Jul 15»
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Cabin crew jargon explained
Everything is buttoned up and the flight is ready for pushback. Then comes the wait for “last minute paperwork,” which winds up taking half an ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
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Janesville Central Fire Station construction on schedule and in budget
“It's on pace to be all buttoned up and enclosed by November, and that's when the finishing work starts inside,” he said. The department ... «Gazettextra, Jul 15»
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Irving council eyes vote to break entertainment center impasse
“When that didn't get buttoned up immediately, it triggered a full review of every piece,” Lazes said. And the latest dispute may not be entirely ... «Dallas Morning News, Jul 15»
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Kyrgios Rallies Past Raonic To Reach Wimbledon Fourth Round
... his white Nike polo, which he wears old-school style buttoned up to the collar. The tennis showman pretty much lets everything else hang out. «Tennis Now, Jul 15»
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These Ghoulish Crimes Inspired Ultra-Scary Aussie Horror Film Wolf …
... then buttoned up hastily after the attack. Her remains were too badly decomposed to actually establish whether a sexual attack had occurred. «io9, Jul 15»

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