Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To unfasten the buttons of.
- intransitive verb To free or remove (a button) from a buttonhole.
- intransitive verb To open as if by unbuttoning.
- intransitive verb To undo buttons.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To unfasten or open, as a garment, by separating the buttons and the buttonholes.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To loose the buttons of; to unfasten.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb intransitive To
unfasten buttons - verb transitive To
open something byundoing its buttons
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb undo the buttons of
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Examples
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She moved her hand to her bodice and began to unbutton her fabulously unstylish Mary Astor-style dress.
Norm Bladdon, Private G.I. Con Chapman 2011
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Mr. Perry was approximately 15 feet away when Mr. Flanagan ordered Ms. Allen, then 14 years old, to lift her bra and unbutton her pants as he searched her for marijuana, according to a police investigation of the incident and a transcript of Mr. Flanagan's guilty plea.
Jeff Perry, GOP House Candidate, Haunted By Allegations That He Ignored Illegal Strip Search Of Teenage Girls The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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I was often invited to events or pool parties where I opted not to go because I felt too embarrassed to even unbutton my shirt.
Jon Lovitz: Seriously, I Have Psoriasis! Jon Lovitz 2011
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Dr. Casanova needs only to unbutton a few more to look completely trustworthy and credible.
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Every time I button and unbutton the front pocket for no reason, I think of that woman with the ectopic pregnancy scare, and forgive her for the male pattern baldness she may have advanced on my scalp.
A First-Class Pain Ride John Waters 2011
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I was often invited to events or pool parties where I opted not to go because I felt too embarrassed to even unbutton my shirt.
Jon Lovitz: Seriously, I Have Psoriasis! Jon Lovitz 2011
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In the last couple of years, even before the underwear bomber, the searches have always involved a demand that I unbutton my pants.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Affirmative Action and Racial Profiling Revisited 2010
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The last straw for me came when I was ushered into a plexiglas cell in full view of the terminal, given an intimate frisk, then told to unbutton the pants, and had the guard stick his hand right down to the genitals.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Affirmative Action and Racial Profiling Revisited 2010
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Wear them to work, or roll up the sleeves, unbutton a few buttons and party down.
Shirt Dresses 2011
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Dr. Casanova needs only to unbutton a few more to look completely trustworthy and credible.
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