put pen to paper

• set pen to paper

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1. (intransitive) To write something (especially using pen and ink).
2. (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."

• pen and paper

• “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.