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pressed the panic button

pressed the panic button is the simple past and past participle of press the panic button.

Meaning of press the panic button

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.

Questions about pressed the panic button

What is pressed the panic button the simple past and past participle of?
Pressed the panic button is the simple past and past participle of press the panic button.

Words near pressed the panic button in the dictionary

  1. pressed one's luck
  2. pressed out
  3. pressed pause
  4. pressed rice
  5. pressed the flesh
  6. pressed the panic button
  7. pressedst
  8. presser
  9. presser beam
  10. presser beams
  11. presser feet

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