panic button

noun

: something setting off a precipitous emergency response

there was no pushing of panic buttons at the White House, no rushing of troops—

J. C. Harsch

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India skipper Rohit Sharma is not one to press the panic button. —

Tim Ellis, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024 The Broncos settled for a 3-0 lead, but here’s the upside: Nobody pushed the panic button. —

Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 17 Oct. 2024 Mata, a Hispanic housekeeper and UNITE HERE union leader at the W San Francisco, helped lead a successful push at her hotel for workers to be equipped with panic buttons in 2018 to summon security help in an emergency, now implemented by several major hotel chains. —

Jason Ma, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2024 But should those clubs hit the panic button now, or give their coaching teams more time? —

Steve Price, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for panic button