button a collar
Frequency: 6.06.5 per million words
To fasten the button(s) of a collar.
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Examples (10)
- He carefully buttoned his collar before putting on his tie.
- "Don't forget to button your collar," my mom said before I left for school.
- I find it hard to button the collar of this new shirt; it's a bit too tight.
- She was buttoning her collar in a hurry, trying not to be late for her presentation.
- You should button your collar if you want to wear a bow tie correctly.
- The child struggled for a moment before he managed to button his own collar.
- As a sign of respect in the courtroom, the lawyer buttons his collar every morning.
- He reached up to button his collar against the sudden chilly breeze.
- After the race, he was too exhausted to even think about buttoning his collar.
- The formal dress code requires that you button the collar of your shirt.