push someone's buttons (English, verb)
expansion: push someone's buttons (third-person singular simple present pushes someone's buttons, present participle pushing someone's buttons, simple past and past participle pushed someone's buttons)
Senses:
glosses: 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.
tags: informal
Forms:
form: pushes someone's buttons
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: pushing someone's buttons
tags: participle
present
form: pushed someone's buttons
tags: participle
past
form: pushed someone's buttons
tags: past
form: press someone's buttons
tags: alternative