āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
button-down
/bËĘtÉndËaĘn/
button-down
01
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describing a shirt with a collar that is secured by buttons to the fabric, typically considered a classic or formal style
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The button-down collar keeps the shirt looking neat and structured.
āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨-āĻĄāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ˛āĻžāĻ° āĻļāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻāĻā§ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻĒāĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻžāĻŽā§āĻŦāĻĻā§āĻ§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤
02
āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻ¤, āĻ°āĻā§āĻˇāĻŖāĻļā§āĻ˛
describing something as overly conventional, traditional, or lacking creativity in approach
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The office maintained a button-down culture that resisted change.
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āĻĢāĻŋāĻ¸āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻ¤ āĻ¸āĻāĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻŦāĻāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ¯āĻž āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻ§āĻŋāĻ¤āĻž āĻāĻ°ā§āĨ¤
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