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pressing the panic button

pressing the panic button is the present participle and gerund 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 pressing the panic button

What is pressing the panic button the present participle and gerund of?
Pressing the panic button is the present participle and gerund of press the panic button.

Words near pressing the panic button in the dictionary

  1. pressing out
  2. pressing pad
  3. pressing pads
  4. pressing pause
  5. pressing the flesh
  6. pressing the panic button
  7. pressingly
  8. pressingness
  9. pressings
  10. pressiometer
  11. pressiometers

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