"press the panic button" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-press the panic button.ogg [Australia] Forms: presses the panic button [present, singular, third-person], pressing the panic button [participle, present], pressed the panic button [participle, past], pressed the panic button [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*|head=press the panic button}} press the panic button (third-person singular simple present presses the panic button, present participle pressing the panic button, simple past and past participle pressed the panic button)
  1. (idiomatic) To start to panic. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-press_the_panic_button-en-verb-t6IUmhx1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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