Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

press someone's buttons

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.80 in modern English

Syllables
press -some-one's but-tons
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Alternative form of push someone's buttons.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

to press someone's buttons (canonical) presses someone's buttons (present, singular) pressing someone's buttons (participle, present) pressed someone's buttons (participle, past) pressed someone's buttons (past)

Questions

What does press someone's buttons mean?
Alternative form of push someone's buttons.

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