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Collocations for button - noun

1. for fastening clothes

ADJ.

bottom, top
The top button of his shirt was undone.
coat, shirt, etc.

VERB + BUTTON

do up, fasten | undo, unfasten | fumble with | lose
My coat has lost a button.
rip off | sew on

BUTTON + VERB

be missing, come off, pop (off)
There was a button missing from his shirt.

2. small switch

ADJ.

on, start/starter | off, stop | control | fast forward, pause, play, rewind | alarm, panic
She hit the alarm button as fast as she could.
mouse | self-destruct
(often figurative)

VERB + BUTTON

click (on)
(computing),
depress, hit, hold down, press, push
Click the left mouse button twice.
keep your finger on | release, take your finger off

PHRASES

at the touch of a button
The remote control allows you to change channel at the touch of a button.

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