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goes to press

goes to press is the third-person singular simple present indicative of go to press.

Meaning of go to press

Verb

go to press (third-person singular simple present goes to press, present participle going to press, simple past went to press, past participle gone to press)

  1. To go to be printed, after editing is completed.
    • The prospective staff redundancy that would ensue from adoption of the plan is, of course, one of the hotly controversial aspects of the proposals and the chief issue on which a three-day N.U.R. strike was threatened for May 14-16, a few days after this issue went to press.1963 June, “News and Comment: The redundancy problem”, in Modern Railways, pages 362–363

Questions about goes to press

What is goes to press the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Goes to press is the third-person singular simple present indicative of go to press.

Words near goes to press in the dictionary

  1. goes to pains
  2. goes to pieces
  3. goes to pigs and whistles
  4. goes to plan
  5. goes to pot
  6. goes to press
  7. goes to Prestwich
  8. goes to ratshit
  9. goes to sea
  10. goes to seed
  11. goes to shit

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