Third-person singular simple present indicative form of push someone's buttons

(informal) To take suitable actions, or exert suitable influence on people, to achieve some desired result.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of button up one's lip

Alternative form of sew buttons (“humorous response to someone asking "so?"”)

A hole through which a button is pushed to secure a garment or some part of one. / (chiefly Britain) A flower worn in a buttonhole for decoration.

(transitive, colloquial) To detain (a person) in conversation against their will. / (transitive, intransitive) To cut one or more buttonholes (in). / (transitive) To sew by buttonhole stitch.

The mangrove tree (Conocarpus erectus, family Combretaceae) a tropical and subtropical species. / The American sycamore or American plane tree (Platanus occidentalis, family Platanaceae).

present participle of buttonhole

The act of detaining someone in conversation against his or her will.

simple past tense and past participle of buttonhole