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"text": "Button up well. It's freezing outside today."
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"(intransitive) To fasten all the buttons on a coat, or similar item of clothing, to keep warm."
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"ref": "1996, Airman, volume 40, page 6",
"text": "Once buttoned up, NORAD's operation center can survive for more than 30 days without aid from the outside world.",
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"sense": "to fasten with a button or buttons",
"word": "napittaa"
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"sense": "to fasten with a button or buttons",
"word": "abotoar"
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"sense": "to fasten with a button or buttons",
"word": "kneppe igjen"
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"sense": "to fasten with a button or buttons",
"word": "spenne"
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"roman": "düğmelemek",
"sense": "to fasten with a button or buttons",
"word": "دوگمهلمك"
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"sense": "to fasten with a button or buttons",
"word": "ایلیكلمك"
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"word": "încheia"
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"sense": "to fasten with a button or buttons",
"word": "застёгивать"
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"sense": "to fasten with a button or buttons",
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"sense": "to fasten with a button or buttons",
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"sense": "to fasten with a button or buttons",
"word": "düğmelemek"
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"word": "iliklemek"
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"sense": "to fasten all buttons to keep warm",
"word": "laittaa napit kiinni"
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"code": "fi",
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"word": "napittaa itsensä"
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"roman": "düğmelenmek",
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zastjógivatʹsja",
"sense": "to fasten all buttons to keep warm",
"word": "застёгиваться"
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"code": "ru",
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"word": "button up"
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