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file away — verb 1. place in a container for keeping records (Freq. 1) File these bills, please • Syn: ↑file • Derivationally related forms: ↑file (for: ↑file), ↑filer … Useful english dictionary
file away — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms file away : present tense I/you/we/they file away he/she/it files away present participle filing away past tense filed away past participle filed away to put a document away in a file All the relevant… … English dictionary
file away — PHRASAL VERB If you file away a document, you put it in the correct file. [V P n (not pron)] When at home, most evenings would be spent reading, cutting up and filing away his photographs... [V P n (not pron)] The details are filed away by his… … English dictionary
file away — Synonyms and related words: abate, abrade, abstract, bank, bate, bundle away, cache, coffer, curtail, decrease, deduct, deposit, depreciate, derogate, detract, diminish, disparage, drain, eat away, erode, extract, file, hutch, impair, lay away,… … Moby Thesaurus
file — ▪ I. file file 1 [faɪl] noun [countable] 1. information about a person or subject that is kept by a company or other organization: • I see from my files that we still have not received payment from you. • A credit reference agency is a company… … Financial and business terms
file — 1. n. & v. n. 1 a folder, box, etc., for holding loose papers, esp. arranged for reference. 2 a set of papers kept in this. 3 Computing a collection of (usu. related) data stored under one name. 4 a series of issues of a newspaper etc. in order.… … Useful english dictionary
file — [[t]fa͟ɪl[/t]] ♦♦ files, filing, filed 1) N COUNT A file is a box or a folded piece of heavy paper or plastic in which letters or documents are kept. He sat behind a table on which were half a dozen files. ...a file of insurance papers. 2) N… … English dictionary
file — I UK [faɪl] / US noun [countable] Word forms file : singular file plural files *** 1) a) a set of papers, documents, or records that you keep because they contain information The insurance company may want to check your medical files. keep/hold a … English dictionary
File 13 — is a euphemism for the trash can. The phrase is especially used in the U.S. military, and is less common outside of the United States. In the United Kingdom, for instance, the expression round file or circular file is more common (in reference to … Wikipedia
File — File, v. t. 1. To rub, smooth, or cut away, with a file; to sharpen with a file; as, to file a saw or a tooth. [1913 Webster] 2. To smooth or polish as with a file. Shak. [1913 Webster] File your tongue to a little more courtesy. Sir W. Scott.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
