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push someone's buttons

to do exactly the right thing to get people to act the way you want. He was an extremely good speaker and knew just how to push an audience's buttons to keep them interested.

Usage notes: also used in the form know what buttons to push: People in your own family know exactly what buttons to push to upset you.

Related vocabulary: yank someone's chain

See also: button, push

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