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/ɑn ðə bˈətən/ Listen

On the button

adjective

Being precise with regard to a prescribed or specified criterion. Synonym: on the nose. "The prediction for snow was right on the button"

adverb

Just as it should be. Synonyms: exactly, on the dot, on the nose, precisely.

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"On the button" Quotes from Famous Books

... the whole thing over to you," he declared briskly, with his finger already on the button that would summon his stenographer for dictation. "Just step into that room there and stay as long as you like. Whatever Patch says I'll back up. You'll find him thoroughly capable and trustworthy. And now good luck to you," he finished, throwing ...

— Dawn • Eleanor H. Porter

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... but a modified structure of a switch, and they are serviceable because they are operating, or the circuit is formed only while the finger is on the button. ...

— Electricity for Boys • J. S. Zerbe

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