put pen to paper

idiom

: to begin writing

She had always dreamed of writing a novel, but she never actually put pen to paper.

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Clearly, that was not an outcome predicted when Rashford put pen to paper nearly two years ago, but his form tapered off under Ten Hag and culminated in successor Amorim exiling him from selections over training performances. —Laurie Whitwell, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025

Mohamed Salah has also still to put pen to paper on a new deal with Virgil van Dijk another who will, as things stand, walk away from Anfield at the end of the 2024/25 season. —Graham Ruthven, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025

Less than a month later, Chapman put pen to paper on a six-year, $151 million extension. —Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 24 Mar. 2025

Those statements could perhaps be taken as the Ballon d’Or runner up once more pledging his future to Madrid, amid rumors that he might be tempted to take a lucrative offer to play in Saudi Arabia while also still yet to put pen to paper on a contract renewal at the Bernabeu. —Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025

Rhymes for put pen to paper

• caper
• raper
• scraper
• shaper
• taper
• vapor
• newspaper
• notepaper
• sandpaper
• skyscraper
• wallpaper
• wastepaper