PANIC BUTTON


Meaning of PANIC BUTTON in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Date: circa 1950

: something setting off a precipitous emergency response

there was no pushing of panic buttons at the White House, no rushing of troops — J. C. Harsch

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.