press somebody's buttons

press somebody's buttons
ˌpush sb's ˈbuttons idiom
(also ˌpress sb's ˈbuttons especially in BrE) (informal) to make sb react in either a positive or a negative way

I've known him for years, but I still don't know what pushes his buttons.

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