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Adjective buttoned-up has 2 senses

buttoned-up - (British colloquial) not inclined to conversation
Antonym: voluble (indirect, via taciturn)
buttoned-up - conservative in professional manner; "employers are looking for buttoned-up types"
Antonym: liberal (indirect, via conservative)

Verb button-up has 1 sense

close up, clam up, dummy up, shut up, belt up, button up, be quiet, keep mum - refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent; "The children shut up when their father approached"
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