push the panic button

[push the panic button] {v. phr.}, {slang} To become very much frightened; nervous or excited, especially at a time of danger or worry.

* /John thought he saw a ghost and pushed the panic button./

* /Keep cool; don't hit the panic button!/ Syn.: LOSE ONE'S HEAD.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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