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stopping the presses

stopping the presses is the present participle and gerund of stop the presses.

Meaning of stop the presses

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) An exclamation used to introduce especially new, important, surprising, or recent developments.

Questions about stopping the presses

What is stopping the presses the present participle and gerund of?
Stopping the presses is the present participle and gerund of stop the presses.

Words near stopping the presses in the dictionary

  1. stopping short
  2. stopping someone in their tracks
  3. stopping someone's clock
  4. stopping the bleeding
  5. stopping the job
  6. stopping the presses
  7. stopping time
  8. stopping times
  9. stopping traffic
  10. stopping train
  11. stopping trains

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