hit/press/push the panic button
Definition
› to do something quickly without thinking about it in order to deal with a difficult or worrying situationHurrying and doing things quicklyBusy and active
(Definition of hit/press/push the panic button from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- accelerate verb
- acceleration noun
- against the clock idiom
- against time/the clock idiom
- alacrity noun
- expedition noun (SPEED)
- gallop through sth phrasal verb
- get a move on idiom
- get off your arse idiom
- hasten verb
- hasty adjective
- more haste, less speed idiom
- on the back of an envelope idiom
- on the run idiom
- patch sth together phrasal verb
- pounce verb
- precipitation noun (QUICK ACTION)
- scramble noun (CLIMBING)
- scramble noun (QUICK MOVEMENT)
- trot verb (HURRY)
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