Sentence examples for push my buttons from inspiring English sources

"push my buttons" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it to describe when someone says or does something that irritates you or when someone is trying to annoy or provoke you. For example: "My boss just loves to push my buttons - he always knows which topics to bring up to get me worked up."

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"He knew how to push my buttons.

"He knows how to push my buttons.

You really know how to push my buttons, don't you?

"Guys have known for a few years that's how they can push my buttons".

"You know, I have a span about two inches long, so to push my buttons is pretty easy".

In discussing Burns last spring, Devils center John Madden said: "He definitely knows how to push my buttons.

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Why didn't I push my button?

You know what really pushes my buttons?

"It ended up pushing my buttons," he said.

Christmas pushes my buttons like a touch-typist on uppers.

I can't really go into what we said, but he pushed my buttons and got me going".

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