press someone's buttons en · VERB
Meanings
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(alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of push someone's buttons.
alt of push someone's buttons
But I'm pretty persuasive, and I've learned how elected officials think. I know how to press their buttons.
2020 December 2, Andy Byford talks to Paul Clifton, “I enjoy really big challenges...”, in Rail, page 55:I press trigga, I don't press people button
2006, “Cobrastyle”, performed by Robyn:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| pressed someone's buttons | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| pressed someone's buttons | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| pressing someone's buttons | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| to press someone's buttons | canonical | lexicographic | |
| presses someone's buttons | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |