put pen to paper
English
Alternative forms
Verb
put pen to paper (third-person singular simple present puts pen to paper, present participle putting pen to paper, simple past and past participle put pen to paper)
- (intransitive) To write something (especially using pen and ink).
- (intransitive) To begin to write something.
- 2023 June 28, “Network News: Government challenged over inertia on decarbonisation”, in RAIL, number 986, page 19:
- "The Government's response indicates there is still some way to go before they will be ready to put pen to paper on a detailed plan."
Related terms
Translations
to write
Further reading
- “put set pen to paper”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
- “put set pen to paper” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.
- “put pen to paper”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “put pen to paper”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “put pen to paper”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “put pen to paper” (US) / “put pen to paper” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
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