Idiom
press the panic button
Meaning
To start to panic.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Do not press the panic button just because the internet is slow.”
“When the stock market dropped slightly, some investors began to press the panic button and sold all their shares.”
“Although the project faced a minor delay, the manager urged the team to remain calm rather than press the panic button prematurely.”
Examples
simple
“Do not press the panic button just because the internet is slow.”
contextual
“When the stock market dropped slightly, some investors began to press the panic button and sold all their shares.”
complex
“Although the project faced a minor delay, the manager urged the team to remain calm rather than press the panic button prematurely.”
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