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be hot off the press

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be hot off the press

1. To be freshly printed, as of a periodical. The latest edition of the student newspaper is hot off the press, and my class is going to distribute it at lunch.

2. To be a newly-circulating bit of news or gossip. Did you hear that Mara dumped Jim? It's hot off the press! Hey, it's hot off the press—Greg got the promotion over Paul.

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be hot off the press

news that is hot off the press has just been printed and often contains the most recent information about something This is the latest news from Bosnia, hot off the press.

See also: hot, off, press