be hot off the press

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.See also: hot, off, press