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buttoned-up

[buht-nd-uhp] / ˈbʌt ndˈʌp /
















ADVERB
under one's hat
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Abdul El-Sayed, a progressive, faces former Rep. Mike Rogers, whom my colleague Jim Newell describes as “a buttoned-up, country-club Republican from the George W. Bush era.”

From Slate ● Sep. 10, 2026

But compared to the buttoned-up, institutionalized dealmaking within the NFL and the NBA, the NIL world still looks like a scramble.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

The shifting promises are unsurprising to colleagues familiar with the brash, quick-tempered Gorka, a gate crasher in Washington’s buttoned-up defense establishment.

From Salon ● Apr. 22, 2026

But quickly, the coachmen took on the role of unofficial docents, recounting a much less buttoned-up version of Williamsburg’s history to the visiting public.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026

And it isn’t a buttoned-up polite sort of place like the Hill, either.

From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz


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