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Significados de buttoned-down em inglês

Unimaginatively conventional.

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Uso de buttoned-down em inglês
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But never had I come across an entrepreneur as buttoned-down-boring as this one.
Wired
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In the early '90s, he practiced corporate law for a buttoned-down firm in Manhattan.
Wired
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Very out of character for the buttoned-down executive with whom she had been working.
Shadow zone
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Altun's was grey, and the shirt had a buttoned-down collar.
Exit wound
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Welch's tenure has coincided with the transformation of C.E.O.s from buttoned-down bureaucrats into cultural celebrities.
The new yorker
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He wore a conservative tie, buttoned-down oxford shirt, and a dark suit beneath the white coat.
A fierce radiance: a novel
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The buttoned-down, serious Mr Raab is seen by many as a rising star in the conservative movement.
News.com.au
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She had all the proper affectations of the model junior attorneyambitious, hardworking, buttoned-down, dedicated, and so forth.
Private Sector
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Bolger's ebullient high spirits also brought a breath of fresh air into a formal, buttoned-down business world.
The Irish Times
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Not him, or any of the producers, promoters, and buttoned-down executives who fawned over the great Brian McAvoy.
Public secrets
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In another, he is in buttoned-down dress shirt, looking relaxed and easing into an armchair, a patriarchal figure.
Reuters
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He was probably one of those buttoned-down guys who couldn't love anyone unless he was terrified of them.
An arsonist's guide to writers' homes in new england: a novel
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What if some buttoned-down Telecom engineer had driven to work early that morning to get some work done?
Underground: Hacking, madness and obsession on the electronic fr...
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Childs' lawyers had argued that he was a buttoned-down, security-obsessed administrator who believed he was simply doing his job.
Reuters
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He dresses in the preppie style of a much younger man, with American-style buttoned-down collars and bright, confident ties.
The Irish Times
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He's too buttoned-down for that.
The smoke room: a novel of suspense