ctrl-v

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English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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ctrl + v

  • Derived from the shortcut of pressing the "ctrl" and "v" buttons at the same time to paste something.

Verb

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ctrl-v (third-person singular simple present ctrl-v's, present participle ctrl-v'ing, simple past and past participle ctrl-v'ed)

  1. (computing) to paste, usually from a clipboard that was previously saved via ctrl-c.

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