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Evelyn
do up the button "do up the button", or shall I use "button up" when I want to describe the action to do all my buttons on my cloth.
Jan 15, 2012 1:30 PM
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You can do up the buttons and you can button them up. Do up / button up. Both are ok.
January 15, 2012
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Americans will always say "button up"
May 1, 2012
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You can say, "I'm going to do up the buttons of my dress/cardigan/ jacket"etc
January 15, 2012
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Button up
January 15, 2012
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do the buttons up = button up
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Chinese (Other), English, German
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