went to press
went to press is the simple past of go to press.
Meaning of go to press
Verb
go to press (third-person singular simple present goes to press, present participle going to press, simple past went to press, past participle gone to press)
- To go to be printed, after editing is completed.
- The prospective staff redundancy that would ensue from adoption of the plan is, of course, one of the hotly controversial aspects of the proposals and the chief issue on which a three-day N.U.R. strike was threatened for May 14-16, a few days after this issue went to press.1963 June, “News and Comment: The redundancy problem”, in Modern Railways, pages 362–363
Questions about went to press
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- Went to press is the simple past of go to press.
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