Push someone's buttons

verb

Definitions

1.verbTo do specific things to anger someone (less commonly, sexually arouse or otherwise elicit a strong reaction), especially intentionally or maliciously.

"You really knew how to push my buttons."

Synonyms

trigger annoy irritate bother annoyance irritation annoying irritating provoking riot

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