push the right button(s)
push the right button(s)
To do all of the right things in order to succeed or achieve a particular outcome. Though they were considered underdogs going into the match, the team managed to push the right buttons and secure a comeback victory. The film pushes all the right buttons, with just the right amount of humor, tension, and emotional drama to keep the viewer engaged from start to finish.
See also: push, right
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- strike out at (something or some place)
- stand head and shoulders above
- stand head and shoulders above (someone or something)
- stay head and shoulders above (someone or something)
- achieve the impossible
- take a chance on
- take a chance on (someone or something)
- be a matter of (doing something)
- be a matter of something/doing something
- be under the pump