"put pen to paper" meaning in English

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "puts pen to paper",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "putting pen to paper",
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        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "put pen to paper",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "put pen to paper",
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        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "put<,,put> pen to paper"
      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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          "_dis": "88 12",
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        {
          "_dis": "81 19",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "81 19",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "81 19",
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        {
          "_dis": "81 19",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "97 3",
          "kind": "topical",
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          "name": "Writing",
          "orig": "en:Writing",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To write something (especially using pen and ink)."
      ],
      "id": "en-put_pen_to_paper-en-verb-PSD8QOWo",
      "links": [
        [
          "write",
          "write"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, idiomatic) To write something (especially using pen and ink)."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "_dis1": "79 21",
          "word": "pen and paper"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "78 22",
          "word": "set pen to paper"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2023 June 28, “Network News: Government challenged over inertia on decarbonisation”, in RAIL, number 986, page 19:",
          "text": "\"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.\"",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To begin to write something."
      ],
      "id": "en-put_pen_to_paper-en-verb-xQpZ2A3J",
      "links": [
        [
          "begin",
          "begin"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, idiomatic) To begin to write something."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "15 85",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "xiàbǐ",
          "sense": "to begin to write",
          "word": "下筆 /下笔"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "15 85",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "luòbǐ",
          "sense": "to begin to write",
          "word": "落筆 /落笔"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "15 85",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to begin to write",
          "word": "tarttua kynään"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "15 85",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to begin to write",
          "word": "die Feder ansetzen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "15 85",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to begin to write",
          "word": "írni kezd"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiàbǐ",
      "sense": "to write",
      "word": "下筆 /下笔"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "luòbǐ",
      "sense": "to write",
      "word": "落筆 /落笔"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to write",
      "word": "kirjoittaa"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to write",
      "word": "kirjoittaa kynällä"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to write",
      "word": "zu Papier bringen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to write",
      "word": "tollat ragad"
    }
  ],
  "word": "put pen to paper"
}

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    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "puts pen to paper",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "putting pen to paper",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "put pen to paper",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "put pen to paper",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "put<,,put> pen to paper"
      },
      "expansion": "put pen to paper (third-person singular simple present puts pen to paper, present participle putting pen to paper, simple past and past participle put pen to paper)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "pen and paper"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English idioms",
        "English intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To write something (especially using pen and ink)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "write",
          "write"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, idiomatic) To write something (especially using pen and ink)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English idioms",
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2023 June 28, “Network News: Government challenged over inertia on decarbonisation”, in RAIL, number 986, page 19:",
          "text": "\"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.\"",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To begin to write something."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "begin",
          "begin"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, idiomatic) To begin to write something."
      ],
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        "idiomatic",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "set pen to paper"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiàbǐ",
      "sense": "to write",
      "word": "下筆 /下笔"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "luòbǐ",
      "sense": "to write",
      "word": "落筆 /落笔"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to write",
      "word": "kirjoittaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to write",
      "word": "kirjoittaa kynällä"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to write",
      "word": "zu Papier bringen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to write",
      "word": "tollat ragad"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiàbǐ",
      "sense": "to begin to write",
      "word": "下筆 /下笔"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "luòbǐ",
      "sense": "to begin to write",
      "word": "落筆 /落笔"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to begin to write",
      "word": "tarttua kynään"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to begin to write",
      "word": "die Feder ansetzen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to begin to write",
      "word": "írni kezd"
    }
  ],
  "word": "put pen to paper"
}