press the right button

press/push the right button/buttons

to do exactly what is necessary to get the result that you want You have to know how to push all the right buttons if you want to be a successful diplomat. Sometimes you're interviewing someone really shy and then you press the right button and they just don't stop talking.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Jorja	JAWR-jə	English (Modern)
Menuha	-	Hebrew
Adriaan	AHD-ree-ah:n	Dutch
Maude	MAWD	English
Friso	-	Frisian
Driscoll	['driskəl]