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Meanings of push a button in English

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Usage of push a button in English
1
He didn't need to crank the Nash but only push a button.
Full dark, no stars
2
Now they just push a button and out it all comes printed.
Underground
3
Patrons merely push a button at their table, and the machine starts.
The new yorker
4
I push a button, clean a gear, move a circular bit into place.
The Mammoth Book of Steampunk
5
You've come to push a button with my face, I presume.'
Artemis Fowl
6
But to push a button, to operate a 'typewriter'-that is a very different thing.
Level 7
7
A recording in the clock radio announces the time when you push a button.
The new yorker
8
Suppose you could push a button and be up 300 feet in the air?
Wired
9
Or just push a button on your GPS-enabled cell to hail the nearest cab.
Wired
10
They had this huge copying machine, and you just had to push a button.
The Guardian
11
One example: You don't close the trunk, you push a button and it closes itself.
Wired
12
Once they push a button they expect instantaneous results.
RUNNER
13
At night when the room grows dark we push a button and there is light.
Ancient Man: The Beginning of Civilizations
14
I put my cup down and push a button.
Firewall
15
This is a pure accident, that you push a button, and publish to the world.
The new yorker
16
You just wish, and say hocus-pocus, and push a button, and whatever you want pops out.
Divide and Rule
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United States of America
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