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panic button

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | 280 words | Copyright

pan·ic but·ton • n. a button for summoning help in an emergency: personal attack circuits are operated by panic buttons. PHRASES: press (or push or hit) the panic button inf. respond to a situation by panicking or taking emergency measures.

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