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English
Verb
hold by the button (third-person singular simple present holds by the button, present participle holding by the button, simple past and past participle held by the button)
- (archaic, idiomatic, transitive) To detain in conversation to the point of weariness or tedium; to bore while tallking to
- Synonym: buttonhole
1798, A Clergyman of the County of Kent, Crude Thoughts:When a slanderer addresses himself to any one, let him only withhold his attention, while he argues thus with himself: --- Why does this man hold me by the button, and seem so desirous of calling my attention to another's failings?
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