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going to press

going to press is the present participle and gerund 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 going to press

What is going to press the present participle and gerund of?
Going to press is the present participle and gerund of go to press.

Words near going to press in the dictionary

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

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