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stop the presses

An imperative form used to introduce especially new, important, surprising, or recent developments.

Etymology:

  • Originally referred to delaying the printing of a newspaper in order to change its content to accommodate the inclusion of late-breaking news.
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Submitted on September 01, 2009

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detener las prensas

arrêter les presses

остановить прессы

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