hit the button
verb1
Informal To be very satisfying; to be just the thing needed or desired in some particular situation.
- The sure hit is "This Is Ska, the Skacid Mix"! Exactly what it sounds like, this tune hits the button, rocking all kind of people.1989, The Beat, volume 8, page 25:
- […] neither the writing nor the plotting really hits the button.2004, Theatre Record, volume 24, numbers 7-12, page 430:
2
Informal To initiate a nuclear war (via a press of the proverbial nuclear button).
- Related terms
- push-button, itchy trigger finger