Idiom
put pen to paper
Meaning
To write something (especially using pen and ink).
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I need to put pen to paper and write this letter.”
“After months of thinking about his novel, he finally put pen to paper to start the first chapter.”
“The author felt a sense of relief once she finally put pen to paper, allowing the long-held ideas to flow onto the page.”
Examples
simple
“I need to put pen to paper and write this letter.”
contextual
“After months of thinking about his novel, he finally put pen to paper to start the first chapter.”
complex
“The author felt a sense of relief once she finally put pen to paper, allowing the long-held ideas to flow onto the page.”
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