commit (something) to paper/writing

idiom

: to write (something) down
She committed her thoughts to writing.

Examples of commit (something) to paper/writing in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web These particular bodies entwined, or bodies in the process of entwining, would have been dangerous to commit to paper at the time when they were made, in the late nineteen-forties and fifties. Anna Russell, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2022

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“Commit (something) to paper/writing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/commit%20%28something%29%20to%20paper%2Fwriting. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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