go to press

Example Sentences

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The dilemma arose just a few days before the book was set to go to press.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 3, 2024

But when he’d go to press the gas pedal all the way down, the sports car acceleration was gone.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 4, 2023

As the Caldbeck story was about to go to press, Ms. Lessin was in Italy attending a conference.

From New York Times • Feb. 7, 2020

I “Ha” when I go to press a lift button at the same time as someone else, or push a pull door.

From The Guardian • Feb. 26, 2019

One hour later the first edition of the paper—the latest into which book reviews could go—must go to press.

From Recollections of a Varied Life by Eggleston, George Cary