PUSH (OR PRESS) SOMEONE'S BUTTONS

Meaning of PUSH (OR PRESS) SOMEONE'S BUTTONS in English

push ( or press) someone's buttons

informal

provoke a reaction in someone.

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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SOMEONE — alcun, alquí
English interlingue dictionary
SOMEONE — pronoun Date: 14th century some person ; somebody
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PUSH — I. ˈpu̇sh verb ( -ed/-ing/-es ) Etymology: Middle English posshen, pusshen, from Old French polser, poulser to push, beat, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PRESS — I. ˈpres noun ( -es ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English presse, prees, from Old French presse, from presser …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OR — I. _ə(r), (|)ȯ(ə)r, (|)ȯ(ə), in southern US also (|)ä(r) conjunction Etymology: Middle English other, or, from Old English oththe, oththa, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SOMEONE — ˈsəm(ˌ)wən pronoun Etymology: Middle English sum oon, from sum, som some + oon one : some person : somebody hoping …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BUTTONS — plural of button present third singular of button
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BUTTONS — (n.) A boy servant, or page, -- in allusion to the buttons on his livery.
Английский словарь Webster
BUTTONS — ( n. ) A boy servant, or page, -- in allusion to the buttons on his livery.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SOMEONE — /sum"wun', -weuhn/ , pron. some person; somebody. [ 1275-1325; ME; see SOME, ONE ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PUSH — /poosh/ , v.t. 1. to press upon or against (a thing) with force in order to move it away. 2. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PRESS — press 1 — pressable , adj. /pres/ , v.t. 1. to act upon with steadily applied weight or force. 2. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BUTTONS — /but"nz/ , n. ( used with a sing. v. ) Chiefly Brit. a bellboy or page in a hotel. [ …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SOMEONE — pron. some person, somebody
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SOMEONE — n. person, human, human being
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
BUTTONS — n. bellboy in a hotel, pageboy (British usage)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
PUSH — I. ˈpu̇sh verb Etymology: Middle English possen, pusshen, probably from Old French pousser to exert pressure, from Latin pulsare, frequentative …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SOMEONE — pronoun Date: 14th century : some person : somebody
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PUSH — noun a pustule; a pimple. 2. push ·vi to burst pot, as a bud or shoot. 3. push ·noun a …
Webster English vocab
PRESS — noun specifically, a printing press. 2. press ·noun the act of pressing or thronging forward. 3. press ·v to embrace …
Webster English vocab
BUTTONS — noun a boy servant, or page, in allusion to the buttons on his livery.
Webster English vocab
SOMEONE — ■ pronoun 1》 an unknown or unspecified person. 2》 a person of importance or authority.
Concise Oxford English vocab
BUTTONS — ■ noun Brit. informal a nickname for a liveried pageboy, especially in a pantomime. Origin C19: from the rows of …
Concise Oxford English vocab
SOMEONE — [some.one] pron (14c): some person: somebody
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PUSH — [push] vb [ME pusshen, fr. MF poulser to beat, push, fr. OF, fr. L pulsare, freq. of pellere to drive, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SOMEONE — someone BrE AmE ˈsʌm wʌn § \ -wɒn ▶ ˌ someone ˈ clever BrE AmE ▶ ˌ someone ˈ else …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PRESS — press, Press BrE AmE pres ▷ pressed prest ▷ presses ˈpres ɪz -əz ▷ pressing ˈpres ɪŋ ▶ ˈ press …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SOMEONE — / ˈsʌmwʌn; NAmE / (also some·body ) pronoun 1. a person who is not known or mentioned by name : …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PUSH — / pʊʃ; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb USING HANDS / ARMS / BODY 1. [often + adv. / …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PRESS — / pres; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun NEWSPAPERS 1. (often the Press ) [ sing.+ sing./pl. v . …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SOMEONE — I. some ‧ one 1 S1 W1 /ˈsʌmwʌn/ BrE AmE pronoun used to mean a person, when you do not …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PUSH — I. push 1 S1 W2 /pʊʃ/ BrE AmE verb [ Word Family: noun : ↑ push , ↑ pusher , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PRESS — I. press 1 S2 W2 /pres/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: adjective : ↑ pressed , ↑ pressing , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
OR — or S1 W1 /ə; strong ɔː $ ər strong ɔːr/ BrE AmE conjunction [ Language: Old English ; Origin: oththe …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BUTTONS — Buttons BrE AmE a character in the ↑ pantomime Cinderella . He is Cinderella's friend.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SOMEONE — n. & pron. = SOMEBODY.
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PUSH — v. & n. --v. 1 tr. exert a force on (a thing) to move it away from oneself or from …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PRESS — v. & n. --v. 1 tr. apply steady force to (a thing in contact) (press a switch; pressed the two …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
OR — conj. 1 a introducing the second of two alternatives (white or black). b introducing all but the first, or only …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BUTTONS — n. colloq. a liveried page-boy. [from the rows of buttons on his jacket]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SOMEONE — n. & pron. = SOMEBODY.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PUSH — v. & n. v. 1 tr. exert a force on (a thing) to move it away from oneself or from …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PRESS — v. & n. v. 1 tr. apply steady force to (a thing in contact) (press a switch; pressed the two …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OR — conj. 1 a introducing the second of two alternatives (white or black). b introducing all but the first, or only …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BUTTONS — n. colloq. a liveried page-boy. [ from the rows of buttons on his jacket ]
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SOMEONE — n. & pron. SOMEBODY.
Oxford English vocab
PUSH — v. & n. --v. 1. tr. exert a force on (a thing) to move it away from oneself or from …
Oxford English vocab
PRESS — 1. v. & n. --v. 1. tr. apply steady force to (a thing in contact) (press a switch; pressed the …
Oxford English vocab
OR — 1.conj. 1. a introducing the second of two alternatives (white or black). b introducing all but the first, or only …
Oxford English vocab
BUTTONS — n. colloq. a liveried page-boy. Etymology: from the rows of buttons on his jacket
Oxford English vocab
SOMEONE — or somebody Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. You use someone or …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PUSH — ( pushes, pushing, pushed) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. When you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PRESS — ( presses, pressing, pressed) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OR — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You use or to link two …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SOMEONE — or somebody Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. You use ~ or …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SOMEONE — pronoun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES take someone on an expedition ▪ He’s taking the boys on a camping expedition next …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PUSH — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES fuel inflation/push up inflation (= make inflation worse ) ▪ The increase in food …
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SOMEONE — somebody [pronoun] - a single personThere's someone outside the house.Someone must have seen what happened.Surely someone knows where the documents …
Cambridge English vocab
PUSH — (PERSUADE FORCEFULLY) [verb] [T] - forcefully to persuade or direct (someone to do or achieve something)She said that she thought …
Cambridge English vocab
PRESS — (NEWSPAPERS) [noun] [U] - the press newspapers and magazines, and those parts of television and radio which broadcast news, or …
Cambridge English vocab
SOMEONE — Synonyms and related words : Adamite, being, body, cat, chap, character, creature, customer, duck, earthling, fellow, groundling, guy, hand, head, …
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