Usually means: Secure clothing with front fasteners.
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We found 17 dictionaries that define the word button up:

General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. button up: Merriam-Webster
  2. button up: Collins English Dictionary
  3. button up: Vocabulary.com
  4. button-up: Wordnik
  5. button-up, button up: Wiktionary
  6. button up: Dictionary.com
  7. button up: Rhymezone
  8. button up: FreeDictionary.org
  9. button up: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. button up: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. button up: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. button up: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. button up: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. button up: Idioms

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Button up: Backgammon

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Definitions from Wiktionary (button up)

verb:  (transitive) To fasten with a button or buttons.
verb:  (intransitive) To fasten all the buttons on a coat, or similar item of clothing, to keep warm.
verb:  (ambitransitive) to conclude; to finalize; to put the finishing touches (on)
verb:  (US, military, slang, transitive, ergative) To seal off (a military vehicle or facility).
verb:  Alternative form of button up one's lip.

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