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buttonhole

verbverified·updated Jun 3, 2026

to detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of

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Variants

synonym
lobby
pasttense
buttonholed
presentparticiple
buttonholing
thirdpersonsingular
buttonholes
pastparticiple
buttonholed