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
Barna	-	Hungarian
Kalysta	kə-LIS-tə	English (Rare)
Fotini	-	Greek
LeocÁDia	-	Portuguese
Dedrick	-	African American
Hess	[hes]