Word

buttonhole, v.
(buttonholed, buttonholes, buttonholing)

detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of; as for political or economic favors
<verb.social> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

buttonhole lobby

verb frames

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

lobby lobbyist

semantic pointers

hypernym

beg, solicit, tap