button lip



button (up) one's lip

Fig. to stop talking. (Fixed order.) Please button up your lip! Will you button your lip? I don't want the news to get out.
See also: button, lip

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
JacquiJAK-eeEnglish (British)
Aldert-Dutch
Mu-Chinese
Mclaughlin[mə'klɔ:flin]
MelanyMEL-ə-neeEnglish (Modern)
Ronald['rɔləld]