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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rebutton.

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Examples

  • She unbuttons and rebuttons her jacket and flicks an imaginary piece of lint from her skirt.

    Ruby’s Slippers Tricia Rayburn 2010

  • She unbuttons and rebuttons her jacket and flicks an imaginary piece of lint from her skirt.

    Ruby’s Slippers Tricia Rayburn 2010

  • Yet, despite this self-control, Mark Hurd also bristles with nervous energy and often straightens his tie or unbuttons and rebuttons his suit jacket a dozen times in as many minutes, like someone who'd rather be doing anything but sitting in a chair and talking.

    The Un-Carly 2007

  • So ending his strange soliloquy, with a corresponding cast upon his countenance, the assassin rebuttons his coat -- thrown open in search for the missing papers.

    The Death Shot A Story Retold Mayne Reid 1850

  • Tess Steckline, 20, puts down her metal livestock comb and rebuttons Blane’s third button.

    KansasCity.com: Front Page 2010

  • Tess Steckline, 20, puts down her metal livestock comb and rebuttons Blane's third button.

    KansasCity.com: Front Page 2010

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