Stop press

/stˈɒp pɹˈɛs/

/stˈɑːp pɹˈɛs/

Stop press

the most recent and important news that is added to a newspaper at the last moment before printing or after the start of the printing process, especially as a heading

Examples

1. They stopped pressing, but they were still making the decision.

2. There are these stories that they would starve themselves to death rather than stop pressing the button.

3. One rat pressed it 7,500 times in 12 hours, suggesting that it would starve rather than stop pressing.

4. Basically, he just wanted to stop pressing his luck the before of some child ended up in the dead letter office.