- panic button
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noun
Date: circa 1950
something setting off a precipitous emergency response <there was no pushing of panic buttons at the White House, no rushing of troops — J. C. Harsch>
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
panic button
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panic button — panic .button n 1.) a button that you can press to call for help if you are being attacked 2.) press/push the panic button BrE to do something quickly without thinking enough about it, because something unexpected or dangerous has suddenly… … Dictionary of contemporary English
panic button — panic ,button noun count an object that you press to send a signal to someone, for example the police, to tell them that you need help press/push the panic button INFORMAL to become very worried about something bad that happens and react suddenly … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
panic button — ► NOUN ▪ a button for summoning help in an emergency … English terms dictionary
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panic button — noun a button to push in order to summon help in case of an emergency the circuit is operated by a panic button when he saw that I was angry he hit the panic button • Hypernyms: ↑push button, ↑push, ↑button * * * noun, pl ⋯ tons [count] : a… … Useful english dictionary
panic button — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms panic button : singular panic button plural panic buttons an object that you press to send a signal to someone, for example the police, to tell them that you need help • press/push the panic button informal to… … English dictionary
panic button — 1. an alarm button for use in an emergency, as to summon help. 2. Informal. push or hit or press the panic button, to give way to panic in a distressing situation. [allegedly first used in reference to emergency bell systems on World War II… … Universalium
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panic button — /ˈpænɪk bʌtn/ (say panik butn) Colloquial –noun 1. an imaginary device said to be pressed when one gets flustered by an emergency: *Besides earthquakes, Nan feared storms the most. Lightning and thunder, her old favourites, never failed to… …
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