stop the presses

English

Etymology

Originally referred to delaying the printing of a newspaper in order to change its content to accommodate the inclusion of late-breaking news.

Pronunciation

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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.

Translations

imperative

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Danish: stop trykpressen
• Finnish: pysäyttää painokoneet
• Portuguese: parem as máquinas
• Spanish: paren las rotativas
• Swedish: stoppa pressarna

See also

• hold the phone
• stop press