Idiom
hold by the button
Meaning
To detain in conversation to the point of weariness or tedium; to bore while tallking to
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He held me by the button for an hour about his garden.”
“I tried to leave the party early, but my neighbor held me by the button to discuss his recent vacation.”
“The elderly man held me by the button, recounting endless stories of his youth until I was desperate to find an excuse to depart.”
Examples
simple
“He held me by the button for an hour about his garden.”
contextual
“I tried to leave the party early, but my neighbor held me by the button to discuss his recent vacation.”
complex
“The elderly man held me by the button, recounting endless stories of his youth until I was desperate to find an excuse to depart.”
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