hit the button
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[edit]hit the button (third-person singular simple present hits the button, present participle hitting the button, simple past and past participle hit the button)
- (informal) To be very satisfying; to hit the spot.
- 1989, The Beat, volume 8, page 25:
- The sure hit is "This Is Ska, the Skacid Mix"! Exactly what it sounds like, this tune hits the button, rocking all kind of people.
- 2004, Theatre Record, volume 24, numbers 7-12, page 430:
- […] neither the writing nor the plotting really hits the button.
- (informal) To initiate a nuclear war.