eject button

Cockpit escape trigger

An eject button releases or expels something from a device—a disc from a player, a cassette from a deck, a pilot from a cockpit.

Figuratively, hitting the eject button means abandoning a situation before things get worse: When the project started falling apart, half the team hit the eject button.

Related

emergency exit · pilot · seat · James Bond · parachute · escape · escape pod · abort · missile · bail out · panic · lever · push · release · cassette · tape · disc · disc drive

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Opposites
action/function

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Aircraft ground support apparatus

throttle · ignition · seat belt · boarding ramp · boarding ladder

insertion vs. removal

eject buttonplay button

Initiates media playback

record button · enter key · intake · latch · tape deck

Family

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Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G