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stopped press

stopped press is the simple past and past participle of stop press.

Meaning of stop press

Verb

stop press (third-person singular simple present stops press, present participle stopping press, simple past and past participle stopped press)

  1. (UK) Used to announce an event or news article important enough to delay or interrupt the print, or require a reprint, of publication, particularly of a newspaper edition.
  2. (UK, idiomatic) Used to grab attention, implying importance, news-worthiness, etc.

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Questions about stopped press

What is stopped press the simple past and past participle of?
Stopped press is the simple past and past participle of stop press.

Words near stopped press in the dictionary

  1. stopped off
  2. stopped out
  3. stopped over
  4. stopped pipe
  5. stopped pipes
  6. stopped press
  7. stopped short
  8. stopped someone in their tracks
  9. stopped someone's clock
  10. stopped the bleeding
  11. stopped the job

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