put pen to paper

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put pen to paper

to start to write something I keep meaning to write to her but I haven't yet managed to put pen to paper.

See also: paper, pen, put

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Perhaps if I did know I wouldn't dare put pen to paper. The Arrow of Gold by Conrad, Joseph View in context Colonel Haggistoun usually writes her letters, but in a moment of confidence, she put pen to paper for my sisters; she spelt satin satting, and Saint James's, Saint Jams. Vanity Fair by Thackeray, William Makepeace View in context			put on the dog put on the map put on the shelf put on the spot put on the street put on weight put one at ease put one foot in front of the other put one in place put one off stride put one on guard put one on honor put one through paces put oneself out put out a warrant put out feelers put out of put out of mind put out of misery put out of the way put out to pasture put over knee put over the top put own house in order put paid to put pen to paper put people or things together put people's heads together put plainly put pressure on put right put roots down put shirt on put shoulder to the wheel put some creature out of its misery put some distance between put some teeth into put teeth into Put that in your pipe and smoke it! put the arm on put the bite on put the blame on put the boot in put the brakes on put the cart before the horse put the cat among the pigeons put the chill on put the clamps on put the clock back put the fear of God in put the fear of God into			put out of the way put out of their misery put out of their misery put out of wedlock put out to pasture put out to pasture put out to pasture put out to pasture put out to sea put out to sea put out to sea put out to sea put out to tender put out to tender put out to tender put out to tender put out to tender put over put over put over put over put over knee put over the top put over to a future date put own house in order put paid to put paid to put paid to put paid to put paid to put pen to paper put people or things together put people's heads together put plainly put pressure on put pressure on Put Prevention Into Practice Put price Put Prices Put provision Put Provisions put questions to Put ratio backspread Put Ratio Backspreads put right put right put right put right put right put right put roots down put seal put seal put seal put seal put seal put seal on put seal on put seal on put seal on put seal on

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