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button-down

button-down {attrib. adj.}, {slang} (stress on "button")

Well-groomed, conservatively dressed.

Joe is a regular button-down type.

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on the button

[on the button] {adv., adj.}, {slang} At the right place; at the heart of the matter. * /John's remark was right on the button./ Compare: [ON THE DOT]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

push the panic button

[push the panic button] {v. phr.}, {slang} To become very much frightened; nervous or excited, especially at a time of danger or worry. * /John thought he saw a ghost […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

button down

[button down] {v.}, {slang} (stress on "down") To state precisely, to ascertain, to pin down, to peg down. * /First let's get the facts buttoned down, then we can plan […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

button

[button] See: [HAVE ALL ONE'S BUTTONS], [ON THE BUTTON], [PUSH THE PANIC BUTTON]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

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