button down

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English - Turkish
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English - English
(also buttoned down or buttoned up)(of a person) conservative or inhibited
(of a shirt collar) having points which are buttoned to the garment
Serious; staid; businesslike
Of a collar, able to be buttoned down to the shirt, as over a necktie
Conservative; conventional; unimaginative
(adjective) - (also buttoned down or buttoned up) N. Amer. informal (of a person) conservative or inhibited
(adjective) - (of a shirt collar) having points which are buttoned to the garment
A button-down shirt or a shirt with a button-down collar has a button under each end of the collar which you can fasten
unimaginatively conventional; "a colorful character in the buttoned-down, dull-gray world of business"- Newsweek
of a shirt; having the ends of the collar fastened down by buttons; "Brooks Brothers button-down shirts"
button down

    Hyphenation

    but·ton Down

    Turkish pronunciation

    bʌtın daun

    Pronunciation

    /ˈbətən ˈdoun/ /ˈbʌtən ˈdaʊn/

    Etymology

    [ 'b&-t&n ] (noun.) 14th century. Middle English boton, from Middle French, from Old French, from boter to thrust; more at BUTT.
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