go to press

verb

To go to be printed, after editing is completed.

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Meanings

verbgo 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)

present singular third person goes to press · participle present going to press · past went to press · participle past gone to press

  1. To go to be printed, after editing is completed.

    STOP PRESS: As this issue of RAIL went to press, the RMT announced that it too would be taking strike action on the Tube on March 15

    2023 March 8, “Tube drivers announce "first day of action"”, in RAIL, number 978, page 11
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    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
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APA

go to press. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/go%20to%20press

MLA

“go to press.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/go%20to%20press. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “go to press,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/go%20to%20press.

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