hit the button

hit the button

English

Verb

hit the button (third-person singular simple present hits the button, present participle hitting the button, simple past and past participle hit the button)

1. (informal) To be very satisfying; to hit the spot.
   • 1989, The Beat (volume 8, page 25)

     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.

   • 2004, Theatre Record (volume 24, issues 7-12, page 430)

     […] neither the writing nor the plotting really hits the button.

2. (informal) To initiate a nuclear war.