on the button

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on the button

exactly right; in exactly the right place; at exactly the right time. That's it! You're right on the button. He got here at one o'clock on the button.

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He stopped Symon, who had an automatic finger on the button, saying: "No, leave all the lights on. The Man Who Knew Too Much by Chesterton, Gilbert K. View in context Carrying the night-stick in his hand, his finger on the button, he advanced through the darkness. The Night-Born by London, Jack View in context			on tail on tap on target on tenterhooks on the air on the alert on the attack on the average on the back burner on the ball on the bandwagon on the beam on the bench on the bias on the bird on the bleeding edge on the blink on the block on the boil on the books on the borderline on the bright side on the brink on the brink of on the bubble on the button on the carpet on the case on the cheap on the contrary on the cusp on the cutting edge on the cutting room floor on the defensive on the dole on the dot on the double on the edge on the edge of seat on the eve of on the face of it on the face of the earth on the factory floor on the fast track on the fence on the firing line on the fly on the fringe on the fritz on the front burner on the front line of			On the Board on the boil on the bone on the bone on the bone on the books On the Border On the Borderline on the bottom rung On the bow On the bow on the brain on the brain on the brain on the brain on the bridle on the bridle on the bridle on the bridle on the bridle on the bright side on the brink on the brink on the brink of on the brink of on the bubble on the bum on the bum on the bum on the bum on the button On the Capitol Doorstep on the cards on the cards on the cards on the cards on the carpet on the carpet on the carpet on the case on the chance on the chance on the chance on the chance on the cheap on the cheap on the cheap on the cheap On the Chip On the Close On the close order on the coattails on the coattails of on the confines of on the contrary on the contrary on the contrary on the contrary on the contrary On the Course Side on the cuff

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