push someone's buttons
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To do specific things to anger someone, especially intentionally or maliciouslyTo do specific things to anger someone (or, less commonly, to sexually arouse or otherwise elicit a strong reaction from them), especially intentionally or maliciously.
Meaning
1 senses(informal)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.
Near-synonyms: trigger, get on someone's nerves
You really knew how to push my buttons.
Translations
3 languagesForms
pushes someone's buttons, pushing someone's buttons, pushed someone's buttons, pushed someone's buttons| Base form | push someone's buttons · to push someone's buttons |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | pushes someone's buttons |
| Present participle | pushing someone's buttons |
| Past simple | pushed someone's buttons |
| Past participle | pushed someone's buttons |
irregular
Present simpleLesson
| I, you, we, they | push someone's buttons |
| he, she, it | pushes someone's buttons |
Past simpleLesson
| all persons | pushed someone's buttons |
Present perfectLesson
| I, you, we, they | have pushed someone's buttons |
| he, she, it | has pushed someone's buttons |
Future simple (will)Lesson
| all persons | will push someone's buttons |
Synonyms
2 synonymsWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle