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presses pause

presses pause is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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

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Presses pause is the third-person singular simple present indicative of press pause.

Words near presses pause in the dictionary

  1. presses flesh
  2. presses into service
  3. presses on
  4. presses one's luck
  5. presses out
  6. presses pause
  7. presses the flesh
  8. presses the panic button
  9. pressest
  10. presseth
  11. Pressey

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