panic button
an alarm button for use in an emergency, as to summon help.
Idioms about panic button
push / hit / press the panic button, Informal. to give way to panic in a distressing situation.
Origin of panic button
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How to use panic button in a sentence
A Missouri medical center has distributed panic buttons to about 400 employees after an increase in assaults on health care workers by people frustrated over coronavirus-induced visitation restrictions and long wait times.
We’re Losing Our Humanity, and the Pandemic Is to Blame | by Sarah Smith | October 7, 2021 | ProPublicaIn response to the violence, up to 400 staff members will soon have panic buttons attached to their badges, the hospital said.
Covid-19 live updates: A third of parents want to vaccinate 5-to-11-year-olds ‘right away’ when eligible, report finds | Paulina Firozi, Caroline Anders, Bryan Pietsch, Adela Suliman | September 30, 2021 | Washington PostWhen pressed, the panic buttons will immediately alert hospital security and trigger a tracking system to locate the endangered worker.
Health workers get panic buttons as COVID deniers get violent | Beth Mole | September 29, 2021 | Ars TechnicaIn a hospital in Branson, Missouri, as many as 400 staff members will have panic buttons added to their identification badges after assaults on staff members tripled amid the pandemic.
Health workers get panic buttons as COVID deniers get violent | Beth Mole | September 29, 2021 | Ars TechnicaA hospital in Springfield, Missouri, added security dogs, as well as panic buttons.
Health workers get panic buttons as COVID deniers get violent | Beth Mole | September 29, 2021 | Ars Technica
Four factors have stopped Democrats from pushing the panic button: 1.
Alison Grimes Will Have to Step It Up to Beat Mitch McConnell | Sam Youngman | November 30, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTMy peers, colleagues, and friends in the financial-political-punditocracy rushed to hit the panic button and assign blame.
Jobs Report: Don’t Panic Yet—the Numbers Will (Probably) Be Revised Up | Daniel Gross | April 5, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTOtherwise “Republicans going to hit the panic button” and start pouring their money into saving congressional seats.
Now, you listen carefully: If you push the panic button on this one without cause, I will personally flay you alive.
Missing Link | Frank Patrick HerbertChow thought some Martian monsters were invading us, and sort of pushed the panic button.
Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung | Victor Appleton"I certainly pushed the panic button on that young man," he said.
The Lani People | J. F. Bone
British Dictionary definitions for panic button
a button or switch that operates any of various safety devices, for use in an emergency
hit the panic button or press the panic button informal to react to a situation by demanding emergency action; become excited; panic
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