on the button

Meaning

1. 1

   at exactly the right time or at the exact time mentioned

   We arrived at 4 o'clock on the button.

2. 2

   exactly right

   You're on the button there!

In the movies · 4

• Get ready again. Put your hand on the button.American Movie1999
• There's one man with his finger on the button. That's Bane.The Dark Knight Rises2012
• Absolutely right. Right on the button. Good for you, Will. Very nice.Good Will Hunting1997
• Mark's 11 miles on the button.Moon2009
• "The transformed power of zero on the button line."The Little Prince2015
• He probably sat on the call button againFive Feet Apart2019
• It's this button.Lightyear2022
• -Hit the button! -I have hit the button!Escape Room: Tournament of Champions2021

Learn it in full scenes

• American Movie1999
  • Mark's Twelfth Hour Deadline
  • Mark Pitches Northwestern
  • Family Fights Over the Phone Bill
• Good Will Hunting1997
  • Will Fights Carmine
  • Will Shuts Down a Harvard Grad Student
  • Lambeau Tracks Down Will

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