press someone's buttons in English

Forms: to press someone's buttons [canonical], presses someone's buttons [present, singular, third-person], pressing someone's buttons [participle, present], pressed someone's buttons [participle, past], pressed someone's buttons [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|*|head=to press someone's buttons}} to press someone's buttons (third-person singular simple present presses someone's buttons, present participle pressing someone's buttons, simple past and past participle pressed someone's buttons)

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"press someone's buttons" meaning in English

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