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hit the button

hit the button verb: to be very satisfying; to be just the thing needed or desired in some particular situation.

Verb

hit the button (third-person singular simple present hits the button, present participle hitting the button, simple past and past participle hit the button)

  1. (informal) To be very satisfying; to be just the thing needed or desired in some particular situation.
    • The sure hit is "This Is Ska, the Skacid Mix"! Exactly what it sounds like, this tune hits the button, rocking all kind of people.1989, The Beat, volume 8, page 25
    • […] neither the writing nor the plotting really hits the button.2004, Theatre Record, volume 24, numbers 7-12, page 430
  2. (informal) To initiate a nuclear war (via a press of the proverbial nuclear button).

Synonyms of hit the button

Forms of hit the button

third-person singular presenthits the button
present participlehitting the button
past participlehit the button
pasthit the button

Questions about hit the button

What does hit the button mean?
Hit the button means to be very satisfying; to be just the thing needed or desired in some particular situation.
What part of speech is hit the button?
Hit the button is a verb.
What is the past tense of hit the button?
The past tense of hit the button is hit the button.

Words near hit the button in the dictionary

  1. hit the board
  2. hit the books
  3. hit the bottle
  4. hit the bricks
  5. hit the buffers
  6. hit the button
  7. hit the ceiling
  8. hit the deck
  9. hit the dirt
  10. hit the fan
  11. hit the floor

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