- a button that somebody working in a bank, etc. can press to call for help if they are in danger
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See panic button in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarypress/push the panic button
- to react in a sudden or extreme way to something unexpected that has frightened you
- The prime minister pressed the panic button yesterday as Britain’s economy plunged deeper into crisis.
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