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    Idiom: Hold By The Button

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    hold by the button 

    Meanings

    To detain in conversation to the point of weariness; to bore; to buttonhole.

    Example Sentences

    1
    I could see her hold by the button that she was nervous.

    A-Z Proximities

    • hoist by one's own petard
    • hold a candle
    • hold a grudge
    • hold a light
    • hold back
    • hold by the button
    • hold court
    • hold down
    • hold fast
    • hold firm
    • hold it together

    Similar Idioms

    • hold by the button
    • button-down
    • button nose
    • button one's lip
    • care a button
    • on the button
    • press the panic button

    Similar Phrases

    • bachelor's button
    • belly button
    • button accordion
    • button ad
    • button fern
    • button hole
    • button pink
    • button tree
    • button mangrove
    • button snakeroot
    • button up
    • coat button
    • horn button
    • hot-button issue
    • shirt button
    • indian button fern
    • mescal button
    • mouse button
    • on the button
    • panic button
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