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set pen to paper

set pen to paper verb: synonym of put pen to paper.

Verb

set pen to paper (third-person singular simple present sets pen to paper, present participle setting pen to paper, simple past and past participle set pen to paper)

  1. Synonym of put pen to paper.

Synonyms of set pen to paper

Forms of set pen to paper

third-person singular presentsets pen to paper
present participlesetting pen to paper
past participleset pen to paper
pastset pen to paper

Questions about set pen to paper

What does set pen to paper mean?
Set pen to paper means synonym of put pen to paper.
What part of speech is set pen to paper?
Set pen to paper is a verb.
What is the past tense of set pen to paper?
The past tense of set pen to paper is set pen to paper.

Words near set pen to paper in the dictionary

  1. set operation
  2. set operations
  3. set out
  4. set out one's stall
  5. set over
  6. set pen to paper
  7. set phasers to
  8. set phrase
  9. set phrases
  10. set piece
  11. set pieces

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