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What is another word for
buttoning up
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Verb
Present participle for to fasten all the buttons on a coat, or similar item of clothing, to keep warm
Present participle for prepare for trouble
Present participle for to struggle against one's emotions
Present participle for to finalize, or to come to an agreement or settlement
Present participle for to do up a garment or similar object with a zip, buttons, etc.
Present participle for to bring or come to an end
Present participle for to fasten with a lock, especially on doors
Present participle for to do, carry through, conduct, or perform some action
Adjective
Secretive with information
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Present participle for to fasten all the buttons on a coat, or similar item of clothing, to keep warm
shutting up
stopping talking
keeping quiet
keeping mum
saying nothing
hushing up
quieting down
falling silent
piping down
quietening down
clamming up
putting a sock in it
hushing
belting up
buttoning it lip
wrapping up
dummying up
keeping it down
canning it
wrapping it up
drying up
quieting
not letting out a peep
staying quiet
buttoning it
biting one's lip
keeping your trap shut
buttoning your lip
shutting your trap
staying silent
keeping one's lips sealed
keeping silent
quietening
shutting your mouth
shutting your face
giving it a rest
shutting your gob
zipping one's lip
shutting it
holding your tongue
saving it
cutting the cackle
saying no more
quitting chattering
keeping your mouth shut
zipping it
keeping your face shut
shushing
hushing one's mouth
becoming silent
stopping speaking
decreasing the volume
growing silent
becoming quiet
breaking off
choking
refusing to speak
remaining silent
withholding information
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“She was wearing a jacket over a
button up
shirt with a pair of worn jeans and chaps.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for prepare for trouble
battening down the hatches
securing the hatches
tying up
zipping up
Verb
▲
Present participle for to struggle against one's emotions
fighting back
repressing
checking
containing
curbing
restraining
smothering
stifling
suppressing
controlling
gagging
holding back
keeping back
muffling
silencing
strangling
swallowing
bottling up
choking back
keeping in check
reining in
corking up
keeping under control
keeping the lid on
holding in
inhibiting
biting back
concealing
hiding
sinking
submerging
pocketing
corking
withholding
overcoming
restricting
overpowering
bridling
biting one's lip
subduing
constraining
keeping in
keeping a tight rein on
keeping a lid on
frustrating
holding down
mastering
conquering
fighting
internalizing
US
blocking
shushing
bottling
internalising
UK
jamming up
keeping inside
keeping under wraps
blacking out
suffocating
quashing
choking
boxing up
keeping feeling inside oneself
covering up
keeping secret
shutting in
quelling
quenching
squelching
hushing up
simmering down
cooling
killing
collecting
composing
snuffing
extinguishing
limiting
moderating
retarding
tying up
cooling off
disciplining
bringing to screeching halt
taming
keeping
hindering
measuring
boxing in
keeping tight rein on
putting the brakes on
deterring
ruling
curtailing
entrammeling
impeding
cutting back
entrammelling
pegging
trammelling
stemming the flow of
slowing down
holding
fettering
regulating
putting a limit on
trammeling
keeping lid on
muzzling
governing
freezing
keeping within bounds
cooling down
pulling in
hampering
confining
capping
delimiting
stopping
calming
keeping down
toning down
arresting
reining
deadening
straitening
obstructing
tempering
mitigating
fixing
circumscribing
dampening
barring
stilling
mellowing
quieting
constricting
modulating
reining back
putting a brake on
holding in check
delaying
tranquilizing
US
putting a lid on
gulping back
stemming
pacifying
soothing
softening
tranquillising
UK
terminating
bounding
damping
preventing
setting
cramping
damping down
interning
keeping in line
setting limits on
imposing limits on
interfering with
hemming in
hog-tying
holding up
nipping in the bud
bringing under control
putting half nelson on
putting a ceiling on
soft-pedalling
soft-pedaling
managing
decreasing
settling
re-collecting
halting
monitoring
adjusting
resisting
easing
cushioning
prelimiting
cornering
lulling
rallying
inspecting
recovering
gulping
relieving
gaining control over
gaining mastery over
mothballing
immobilising
UK
immobilizing
US
censoring
setting a limit on
thwarting
drowning
keeping control of
keeping on a string
foiling
neutralizing
US
pausing
keeping a rein on
cutting short
reducing
interrupting
demarcating
staying
bringing into line
laying down the law to someone
chaining
bottlenecking
counteracting
staunching
baulking
UK
hamstringing
squashing
hushing
quietening
icing
tongue-tying
discouraging
repulsing
checkmating
rebuffing
braking
circumventing
neutralising
UK
imprisoning
incarcerating
slackening pace
licking
specifying
demarking
prescribing
allaying
gaoling
UK
necessitating
concussing
fencing in
banning
disallowing
closing in
denying
depriving
balking
US
binding
shotgunning
locking in
jailing
US
immuring
cooping up
standing in the way of
bringing to a standstill
palliating
delimitating
girdling
defining
drying up
shutting down
shutting up
dummying up
mollifying
breaking
mincing
relaxing
locking up
gentling
playing for time
putting a spoke in someone's wheel
temperating
humbling
cracking down
sitting on
pulling back
muting
tying down
placing a limit on
cowing
cracking down on
clamping down on
reclaiming
busting
keeping within limits
marking off
drawing the line on
getting the better of
watering down
getting a grip on
cooling out
playing down
meeting halfway
conserving
budgeting
saving
restricting the consumption of
limiting to a fixed amount
rationing
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Verb
▲
Present participle for to finalize, or to come to an agreement or settlement
clinching
settling
concluding
closing
confirming
securing
sealing
deciding
determining
finalising
UK
finalizing
US
completing
nailing
stringing
transacting
bringing off
pulling off
wrapping up
sewing up
shaking hands on
reaching an agreement
tying up
setting the seal on
resolving
effecting
negotiating
accomplishing
agreeing
arranging
establishing
brokering
achieving
fixing
bargaining
engineering
choosing
ruling
figuring
opting
concerting
naming
swinging
carrying out
working out
settling upon
settling on
bringing about
thrashing out
hammering out
reaching terms on
coming to terms on
guaranteeing
closing out
ensuring
consummating
assuring
capping
cinching
winding up
nailing down
finishing off
ending
winning
agreeing on
seizing
endorsing
insuring
stamping
putting away
certifying
warranting
validating
ratifying
authenticating
authorizing
US
pinning down
guarantying
icing
locking in
making certain
putting the seal on
coming away with
walking away with
walking off with
authorising
UK
getting an agreement on
establishing conclusively
getting a decision on
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Verb
▲
Present participle for to do up a garment or similar object with a zip, buttons, etc.
fastening
buttoning
zipping
closing
belting up
doing up
hooking up
lacing up
zipping up
annexing
connecting
joining
coupling
linking
tying
catching
yoking
interconnecting
chaining
hitching
binding
sticking
concatenating
interlinking
fixing
bonding
glueing
UK
gluing
US
clamping
appending
pinning
securing
catenating
compounding
conjugating
clasping
hasping
hooking
grappling
affixing
anchoring
setting
tacking
positioning
nailing
mooring
clipping
rivetting
stapling
lashing
riveting
battening down
hooking on
tightening
adjusting
pinioning
tying down
settling
cementing
locking up
clinching
buttoning down
uniting
welding
knitting
pairing
locking
splicing
buckling
bridging
adhering
conjoining
bracketing
knotting
cohering
cleaving
gripping
mortising
banding
linking up
bringing together
Verb
▲
Present participle for to bring or come to an end
closing
ending
concluding
finishing
terminating
discontinuing
halting
winding up
suspending
adjourning
breaking off
ceasing
completing
dead-ending
determining
dying
dissolving
elapsing
expiring
lapsing
passing
stopping
capping
consummating
culminating
quitting
recessing
clearing
proroguing
breaking up
closing out
wrapping up
leaving off
letting up
rounding off
rounding out
sewing up
winding down
buttoning down
calling a halt to
calling off
cutting loose
drawing to a close
folding up
winking out
coming to an end
putting a lid on
bringing to a close
bringing to an end
Verb
▲
Present participle for to fasten with a lock, especially on doors
locking
bolting
barring
securing
fastening
sealing
latching
chaining
padlocking
clamping
closing
shutting
snecking
buttoning
clinching
immobilising
UK
immobilizing
US
locking up
make fasting
making secure
turning the key
Verb
▲
Present participle for to do, carry through, conduct, or perform some action
transacting
performing
accomplishing
executing
implementing
doing
enacting
prosecuting
effectuating
discharging
negotiating
administering
concluding
conducting
settling
managing
operating
handling
organising
UK
organizing
US
carrying out
pulling off
thrashing out
taking care of
working out
hammering out
seeing to
dealing with
carrying on
sorting out
buttoning down
doing business
sewing up
wrapping up
running with the ball
Adjective
▲
Secretive with information
close
secretive
reticent
uncommunicative
private
unforthcoming
quiet
tight-lipped
close-lipped
closemouthed
dark
tight-mouthed
close-mouthed
evasive
guarded
on the QT
taciturn
hidden
hush-hush
mum
UK
mom
US
reserved
retired
secluded
secret
silent
clamming up
tight chops
buttoning one's lip
mum's the word
zipping one's lips
playing your cards close to your chest
withdrawn
distant
aloof
dumb
shy
unresponsive
cold
retiring
introverted
clammed up
diffident
self-contained
laconic
mute
speechless
restrained
modest
unexpressive
media-shy
undemonstrative
unapproachable
bashful
offish
sententious
standoffish
sparing
formal
unsociable
cool
frigid
stand-offish
inhibited
cautious
incommunicable
solitary
antisocial
demure
backward
mild
curt
tightlipped
incommunicative
uncommunicable
discreet
detached
clamlike
remote
unfriendly
shrinking
prim
collected
gentle
composed
reclusive
serene
placid
soft-spoken
misanthropic
icy
peaceful
uncompanionable
ceremonious
eremitic
conventional
noncommittal
sedate
self-restrained
dour
brooding
unemotional
dried-up
enigmatic
introvert
deep
untalkative
unassuming
chilly
cagey
non-communicative
timid
controlled
self-controlled
coy
dried up
self-effacing
buttoned up
tongue-tied
unconversational
short
wordless
muted
mumchance
at a loss for words
constrained
impassive
stiff
passionless
dispassionate
stolid
snobbish
Olympian
inarticulate
unfeeling
wooden
unmoved
unaffectionate
cold-blooded
contained
unloving
humble
mysterious
meek
sober
cryptic
sullen
unpretentious
unassertive
affectless
emotionless
stoic
stoical
apathetic
phlegmatic
numb
frosty
impassible
sheepish
timorous
covert
recessive
insolent
impertinent
unwelcoming
lukewarm
incurious
procacious
unenthusiastic
annoyed
glacial
offended
uninterested
chill
impudent
indifferent
offhand
furtive
unspeaking
hushed
zipped
blushing
lowly
unassured
undercover
sly
backstairs
feline
uptight
unwilling
down-to-earth
dummied up
in chambers
in privacy
in private
wouldn't say boo to a goose
in the background
in the dark
impersonal
cold-eyed
asocial
unbending
unclubbable
haughty
standoff
dry
unconcerned
buttoned-up
unsympathetic
forbidding
gelid
austere
disdainful
inhospitable
uncordial
uncongenial
hostile
clammy
unaffable
brittle
antiseptic
stony
hard-eyed
starchy
unsocial
supercilious
stern
stuffy
rigid
stilted
unpassioned
wintry
US
wintery
UK
coldish
frozen
arctic
hermitic
severe
uppity
unneighbourly
disinterested
casual
uninvolved
clinical
staid
temperate
laid-back
businesslike
steady
unsentimental
isolated
unneighborly
bureaucratic
nongregarious
uncurious
depersonalized
US
gray
US
grey
UK
thoughtful
eremitical
matter-of-fact
depersonalised
UK
colorless
US
colourless
UK
abstract
hermit-like
moderate
serious
poker-faced
reasonable
calm
cold-hearted
balanced
voiceless
measured
abstracted
preoccupied
strictly business
not talkative
inward-looking
cold as ice
insular
introspective
snooty
anchoritic
mousy
unamicable
cynical
proud
recluse
ascetic
camera-shy
steely
flinty
uncivil
off
ungregarious
fierce
suspicious
unsmiling
stuck up
laid back
strait-laced
distrustful
sensible
putting on airs
stuck-up
removed
hermitical
inapproachable
hermetic
spacey
seclusive
of few words
level-headed
mean-looking
inaccessible
antagonistic
unexpansive
soft
spaced-out
impartial
careful
keeping people at arm's length
out of it
rational
self-conscious
unexcitable
even
nonvocal
still
levelheaded
soundless
saying nothing
unexcessive
lost for words
conservative
not given to excesses
self-possessed
unextreme
avoidant
superior
hesitant
companionless
unamiable
ungenial
independent
ungracious
socially inhibited
insociable
arrogant
pompous
friendless
aseptic
retreated
passive
alienated
nervous
half-hearted
negative
tepid
ungainly
unpleasant
withdrawing
repellent
lifeless
put on airs
rude
mopey
mopish
uncharitable
unhappy
hateful
depressing
hard
off-putting
indrawn
unrevealing
neutral
disagreeable
hermitlike
outside
scowling
rabbity
discourteous
dumbstruck
dumbfounded
cold-shoulder
contemplative
self-absorbed
self-interested
pensive
inhuman
inimical
unenthused
repressed
not forthcoming
not forward
ruminative
meditative
reflective
inner-directed
self-centred
UK
featureless
uncolored
straight
faceless
candid
soulless
equal
nondiscriminatory
anonymous
monolithic
self-sufficient
contemptuous
withering
grim
zipped one's lips
have tight chops
spiritless
self-centered
US
aw-shucks
unkind
callous
hardhearted
unwilling to mix with other people
pococurante
exact
precise
all alone
stony-hearted
grave
correct
proper
cold turkey
gruff
nonchalant
insensible
complacent
insouciant
perfunctory
intimidating
inflexible
solemn
silentious
unheard
affected
starched
louring
ungentle
struck dumb
lone
stark
seemly
official
uninquiring
lowering
rough
polite
not saying boo
bereft of speech
unable to get a word out
closed up
low
awkward
objective
uncommitted
unbiased
unprejudiced
forced
muffled
rugged
monastic
straight arrow
by the numbers
stiff-necked
sceptical
UK
strained
unnatural
malevolent
jaundiced
secluse
labored
US
laboured
UK
artificial
hushful
inhumane
pessimistic
tolerant
regular
uneasy
settled
reliable
dependable
contrived
easy
lenient
judicious
abstinent
disciplined
peaceable
in charge
under wraps
bottled up
chilled
in check
inobtrusive
on a leash
under control
nonaggressive
in control of yourself
corked up
cool, calm and collected
plain
selfish
hating
egoistic
sarcastic
sardonic
grouchy
egotistical
narrow-minded
misanthropical
stable
embarrassed
tranquil
considerate
considered
untroubled
not excessive
compromising
equable
imperturbable
mannered
skeptical
US
mature
poised
responsible
sound
secure
unswerving
good
having both feet on the ground
full of common sense
well balanced
unruffled
benign
low-keyed
sober-minded
calculable
low-pitched
serious-minded
even-tempered
sobersided
lofty
hard-hearted
thick-skinned
hard-boiled
on ice
cold fish
lone wolf
regulated
medium
unimpassioned
constant
curbed
warm
comfortable
checked
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