OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 56007

push someone's buttons

Meanings (ES + gloss)
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To do specific things to anger someone (or, less commonly, to sexually arouse or otherwise elicit a strong reaction from them), especially intentionally or maliciously.
Near-synonyms: trigger, get on someone's nerves
You really knew how to push my buttons.
Phrases
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