Usually means: Stop talking, keep it quiet.
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  1. button it: Merriam-Webster
  2. button it: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. button it: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  4. button it: Wiktionary
  5. button it: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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Definitions from Wiktionary (button it)

▸ verb:  (informal, usually imperative) To be quiet, stop talking.

Similar:
button, put a sock in it, belt up, shut one's mouth, cork up, cork it, zip it, put a cork in it, shut one's gob, hush up, more...

Opposite:
unbutton, undo, unfasten, open

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Similar:
button, put a sock in it, belt up, shut one's mouth, cork up, cork it, zip it, put a cork in it, shut one's gob, hush up, more...

Opposite:
unbutton, undo, unfasten, open



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