press/push the right button(s)
Definition
› to do exactly what is necessary to get the result that you want: You have to know how to push all the right buttons if you want to be a successful diplomat.Successful (things or people)
(Definition of press/push the right button(s) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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press the flesh idiom
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press verb (PERSUADE)
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press verb (PUSH)
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press-gang verb
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press-up noun
- press/push the right button(s) idiom
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pressed adjective
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pressing adjective
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pressing noun
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pressure cooker noun
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pressure group noun
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Synonyms and related words:
- a heavy hitter idiom
- achiever noun
- alpha male noun
- ascendant noun
- bandwagon noun
- buoyant adjective (SUCCESSFUL)
- go a long way idiom
- go with a bang idiom
- have (got) it made idiom
- have sth in your pocket idiom
- have the world at your feet idiom
- Midas noun
- performer noun (DO)
- phenomenon noun (SUCCESS)
- prizewinning adjective
- record-breaking adjective
- reformed character noun
- rising star noun
- smash noun (SUCCESSFUL FILM/SONG)
- wunderkind noun
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