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单词 press the button
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press the button

informal Initiate an action or train of events (often used to refer to the ease with which a nuclear war might be started).For these two reasons, mobilization was almost equivalent to pressing the button in the age of the nuclear deterrent, or to reaching for the personal deterrent in the age of the cowboy....
  • I have the latest volume on my wish list but I rather suspect I'll be pressing the button and buying it myself next pay-day.
  • It's that old familiar ‘life on hold’ stage of the game, when there are no projects under way, everything is waiting to be packed when the solicitor presses the button and in the meantime all we can do is sit quietly, not make a mess, and wait.
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