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hit the button vs strike the button

Both of these are correct phrases, but 'hit the button' is more commonly used in everyday language. 'Strike the button' may be used in a more formal or technical context.

Explained by Miss E.
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Last updated: September 02, 2024

hit the button

This phrase is correct and commonly used in everyday language.

This phrase is used to instruct someone to press a button quickly or firmly.

Examples:

Hit the button to start the machine.
Please hit the button to confirm your selection.
Don't forget to hit the button to save your changes.

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Finish a page, hit the button and sync with the app.
someone decides not to hit the button?
My finger hit the button by accident.
Plug it in and hit the button.
You put the beef on the grill, hit the button, then it beeps.
You have hit the button of all buttons.
They might hit the button when it starts.
Maybe I hit the button when I was cleaning up the spill.
If I hit the button when starts.
When the mission's over, hit the button.
Nick, I hit the button.
When they come through... you pop the top and hit the button.
If he tries to escape, hit the button.
Once she gets inside, hit the button and bring the door down.
M-must have hit the button before I came out.
Good Now hit the button on the side of the pallet.
Sorry, C.O. I hit the button with my elbow.
Maybe I hit the button when I was cleaning up the spill.
Match the eggs and hit the button!

Alternatives:

Press the button
Push the button
Tap the button
Click the button
Activate the button

strike the button

This phrase is correct but less commonly used in everyday language.

This phrase can be used in a more formal or technical context to indicate a forceful or deliberate action on a button.

Examples:

In case of emergency, strike the button to alert security.
The technician was instructed to strike the button to reset the system.
The soldier had to strike the button to detonate the explosive device.

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I'm hitting the button, hitting the button, hitting the button.
Your Portuguese gardener pushed the button.
My finger hit the button by accident.
Someone pushed all the buttons he could rich.
Insolvency laws need to strike the right balance.
What Mr. McKay said... right on the button... right on the button.
Maybe I-I hit the button when I was cleaning up the spill.
They let you push the button that smashes everything.
They hit the button on the floor below us.
The button for the lobby doesn't work, Mr. McKenny...
You should've at least let me finish talking then pushed the button.
I need something to hold the button.
We used to go down to this club called The Button and get destroyed.
I need something to hold the button.
I might even let you work the button.
Press the button on the intercom when you're finished.
You just pressed the button, Tom.
So it was the button at the facility.
And they couldn't pull any prints off the buttons.
The button isn't there any more.

Alternatives:

Press the button
Push the button
Tap the button
Click the button
Activate the button

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