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gone to press

gone to press is the past participle 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 gone to press

What is gone to press the past participle of?
Gone to press is the past participle of go to press.

Words near gone to press in the dictionary

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

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