unbutton
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- v undo the buttons of
unbutton the shirt
- There are four buttons on the sleeve, and a vestige from days when gentlemen rolled back their cuffs to duel or simply wash their hands the buttons unbutton.
- Each must sign a pledge agreeing, among other things, not to unbutton his jacket or dance slower than the beat of the music.
- Diana's scheme to please him may have come undone, but she had helped Britain to unbutton.