press the panic button

To overreact to a negative situation with an inordinate amount of fear, alarm, or confusion. If you're going to be a successful boss, you can't press the panic button every time your company has a minor setback. New parents tend to press the panic button over every little sniffle their first baby gets.

press the panic button

verb

See hit the panic button

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Bette	BET	English
Daniel	DAN-yəl (English), dah-nee-EL (Jewish), dan-YEL (French), DAH-nee-el (German), DAHN-yel (Polish)	English, Hebrew, French, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Spanish, Portugu
Dejan	-	Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Macedonian
ÇAĞRi	-	Turkish
Orlando	or-LAHN-do	Italian
Fido	FIE-do (English)	Pet