hit the panic button

panic button

 
noun
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an alarm button for use in an emergency, as to summon help.
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Idiom
2.
push/hit/press the panic button, Informal. to give way to panic in a distressing situation.

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Origin:
allegedly first used in reference to emergency bell systems on World War II bombers such as the B-17 and B-24
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hit the panic button definition


and press the panic button; push the panic button
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    to panic. : She hit the panic button and just went to pieces. , Don't press the panic button until you think it through.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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