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词汇 press-push-buttons
释义

press/push someone's buttons


idiom informal
to cause a strong reaction or emotion in someone:
My brother knows exactly how to push my buttons (= annoy me).
It's not money that presses his buttons (= excites him) so much as the dealing and negotiation that goes with it.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Causing somebody to act
arm-twisting
bludgeon
bounce someone into something
browbeat someone into something/doing something
bull something through
coercion
dragoon someone into something
drive someone/something to something
duress
force someone's handidiom
forced marriage
push (someone) toward(s) something
put the heat on someoneidiom
put/tighten the screws on someoneidiom
rallying cry
ram something down someone's throatidiom
ransom
slap
squeeze
wring

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