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hit the panic button

Variant of panic

noun

any of several grasses (genus Panicum), as millet, used as fodder

also panic grass

Origin: ME panyk < L panicum, kind of millet < panus, ear of millet, a swelling < IE base *pank-, to swell > Pol pąk, a bud

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