Meaning

1 senses

  1. (informal)To take suitable actions, or exert suitable influence on people, to achieve some desired result.

Forms

pushes the right buttons, pushing the right buttons, pushed the right buttons, pushed the right buttons
Base formpush the right buttons · to push the right buttons
3rd person singularpushes the right buttons
Present participlepushing the right buttons
Past simplepushed the right buttons
Past participlepushed the right buttons

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theypush the right buttons
he, she, itpushes the right buttons

Past simpleLesson

all personspushed the right buttons

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave pushed the right buttons
he, she, ithas pushed the right buttons

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill push the right buttons

Word family

1 related words
Relatedpull strings

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
puspushA1pusherpushoverpushypuss
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