button up
Finish the jacket
Button up means to fasten buttons, closing a garment: Button up your coat, it's cold.
Figuratively, to button up is to complete or secure something: Let's button up this deal before the weekend.
It also means to become silent or secretive: He buttoned up when the police arrived.
A buttoned-up person is reserved, formal, or emotionally restrained.
Lacking in sound
secretive · tight-lipped · muzzle · gag · censor · suppress · stifle · withhold
Nearby or to shut
- secureProtected from harm
- claspSecuring device that clicks
- snapSudden sharp sound
- hookCurved catching device
zip · latch · seal · cinch · tighten · loop · thread · toggle
Lacking nothing, fully done
close · seal · clinch · sign off · tie up · lock down · nail down · firm up
quiet
Lacking in sound
discreet · secretive · tight-lipped · muzzle · gag · censor · suppress · stifle · withhold · clam up
close
Nearby or to shut
hook · zip · latch · seal · cinch · tighten · loop · thread · toggle · press stud
complete
Lacking nothing, fully done
settle · close · seal · clinch · sign off · tie up · lock down · nail down · firm up · finalize
shirt
Upper body garment
jacket · coat · vest · oxford · flannel · dress shirt · polo · collar · cuff · placket
dressy
Requiring fancy attire
- polishedSmooth, refined, accomplished
- dapperNeatly and stylishly dressed
- tailoredAdjusted to fit exactly
refined · elegant · presentable · proper · smart · crisp · neat · groomed · conservative · professional
- clothing idiomsfit like a glove, dressed to the nines, dressed to kill, wear the pants, caught with pants down
- finishfinish, complete, conclude, end, finalize
- get dressedzip up, lace up, fasten, pull on, slip on
- hush commandsshh, shhh, ssh, hush up, be silent
- restrainhold back, suppress, hold in, keep in, keep down
- silencequiet, silent, mute, hush, stillness
button upopen up
Reveal inner thoughts
let it out · speak freely · express oneself · let loose · pour one's heart out
button, buttons, unbutton, buttoned, unbuttoned, buttoning, buttonhole, buttonless, rebutton