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PANIC BUTTON
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A button to push in order to summon help in case of an emergency
Example:
when he saw that I was angry he hit the panic button
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("panic button" is a kind of...):
button; push; push button (an electrical switch operated by pressing)