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buttons noun 1 a page (a domestic servant). Survives mainly as Buttons, a character in the pantomime of Cinderella UK, 1848. 2 a messenger US, 1962
idiombuttonspush (sb's) buttons1 (also push/press the right buttons) to know exactly what to do or say in order to get the reaction or result that you want:He knows how to push his Dad's buttons. All he has to do is look at Jim that way and Jim says "yes".Advertising is all about pressing the right buttons in people, but first you have to find out what buttons to press for your particular market.2 AmE (also push all sb's buttons) to annoy someone, sometimes when you do not intend to, by doing a lot of things that they do not like:After five years of living together we can really push each others' buttons.Man, Jamie really pushed all my buttons today. I felt like smacking him!
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button1. n. the termination of a recitation; the punch line of a joke; a zinger. (The equivalent of a button punched to signal a response.) When I got to the button, I realized that I had told the whole joke wrong. 2. n. a police officer’s badge or shield. The guy flashed his button, so I let him in. - (as) bright as a button
- (as) cute as a button
- a hot button
- as bright as a button
- at the touch of a button
- be as bright as a button
- be as cute as a button
- be missing some of (one's) buttons
- belly button
- bright as a button
- bright as a button/new penny
- button
- button (one's) lip
- button down
- button it
- button it!
- button lip
- button nose
- button up
- button your lip
- Button your lip!
- button-down
- buttoned-down
- buttoned-up
- cactus buttons
- cute as a button
- dad fetch my buttons
- Dad fetch my buttons!
- have a/(one's) finger on the button
- have all (one's) buttons
- have all one's buttons
- high-button shoes
- hit the panic button
- hot button
- lose (one's) buttons
- lose one's buttons
- not have all (one's) buttons
- on the button
- press (all) the right buttons
- press (someone's) buttons
- press the button
- press the panic button
- press the right button
- press/push the panic button
- push (one's) buttons
- push somebody's buttons
- push someone's buttons
- push someone's buttons, to
- push the panic button
- push the panic button, to
- push the right button(s)
- right on the button
- Well, bust my buttons!
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