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press the panic button

press the panic button verb: to start to panic.

Verb

press the panic button (third-person singular simple present presses the panic button, present participle pressing the panic button, simple past and past participle pressed the panic button)

  1. (idiomatic) To start to panic.

Forms of press the panic button

third-person singular presentpresses the panic button
present participlepressing the panic button
past participlepressed the panic button
pastpressed the panic button

Questions about press the panic button

What does press the panic button mean?
Press the panic button means to start to panic.
What part of speech is press the panic button?
Press the panic button is a verb.
What is the past tense of press the panic button?
The past tense of press the panic button is pressed the panic button.

Words near press the panic button in the dictionary

  1. press secretary
  2. press someone's buttons
  3. press stud
  4. press studs
  5. press the flesh
  6. press the panic button
  7. press time
  8. press times
  9. press tits
  10. press wheel
  11. press wheels

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