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stops the presses

stops the presses is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 stops the presses

What is stops the presses the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Stops the presses is the third-person singular simple present indicative of stop the presses.

Words near stops the presses in the dictionary

  1. stops short
  2. stops someone in their tracks
  3. stops someone's clock
  4. stops the bleeding
  5. stops the job
  6. stops the presses
  7. stops traffic
  8. stops two gaps with one bush
  9. stops up
  10. stops-and-frisks
  11. stops-and-searches

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