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Discover LudwigThe phrase "fasten a button" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English as well as spoken English
It is a common phrase used when referring to putting a button through a buttonhole and securing it in place. Example: She fiddled with her shirt, trying to fasten a stubborn button at the collar.
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There are six specific tasks such as turning a doorknob, cutting meat, fastening a button, and four usual activity categories, self-care, work, household duties, and recreation.
The right woman's a salve for almost any harm," he says, and fastens a shirt button and cuffs his sleeves.
Fasten all buttons and zippers on the coat.
Women should avoid wearing low cut blouses and fasten all buttons.
Made of polyamide and polyester, the absorbent do-rag ($28.50 at Saks Fifth Avenue) has elastic edging and a button and loop for easy twisting and fastening into a turban.
Such training often requires long hours of practice; it may be facilitated by use of devices that make it easier to fasten buttons, hold a fork, or dial a telephone.
Because one child or the other was forever losing a button or needing some other repair, she always had a large blue safety pin — a "nappy pin," Michael calls it — fastened to her clothes.
It had a button sewn on the back of the collar at the nape of the neck, so the draping wing of the cardigan could be thrown over the shoulder like a shawl and then fastened.
Because one child or the other was forever losing a button or needing some other repair, she always had a large blue safety pin a "nappy pin," Michael calls it fastened to her clothes.
Pull the zipper, fasten the button, go to the sink.
Pull up the zipper and fasten the button.
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