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pressed pause

pressed pause is the simple past and past participle of press pause.

Meaning of press pause

Verb

press pause (third-person singular simple present presses pause, present participle pressing pause, simple past and past participle pressed pause)

  1. (informal, intransitive) To temporarily stop a process.
    • Chinese state media has pressed pause on the US-bashing, releasing a raft of commentaries extolling the merits of resetting relations and working on co-operation.2023 November 15, Tessa Wong, “Xi Jinping arrives in US as his Chinese Dream sputters”, in BBC

Questions about pressed pause

What is pressed pause the simple past and past participle of?
Pressed pause is the simple past and past participle of press pause.

Words near pressed pause in the dictionary

  1. pressed hams
  2. pressed into service
  3. pressed on
  4. pressed one's luck
  5. pressed out
  6. pressed pause
  7. pressed rice
  8. pressed the flesh
  9. pressed the panic button
  10. pressedst
  11. presser

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