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file something away (from something) and file something off ((of) something); file something off

to remove something from something else by filing. (Of is usually retained before pronouns.) The dentist filed the sharp point away from the tooth. The dentist filed away the sharp point from the tooth. The dentist filed the point off.

See also: away, file

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Raffles afterward assured me that nineteen of them had been spent in filing one key; but one of his latest inventions was a little thick velvet bag in which he carried the keys; and this bag had two elastic mouths, which closed so tightly about either wrist that he could file away, inside, and scarcely hear it himself. A Thief in the Night by Hornung, E. W. View in context			fight like hell fight off fight on fight out fight over fight shy of fight the good fight fight through fight to the death fight tooth and claw fight tooth and nail fight way out fight with fighting chance figment figure figure as figure in figure on figure on doing figure out figure up filch file file against file away file down file for file in file out file past file with fill fill a void fill face fill full of lead fill head with fill in Fill in the blanks fill out fill shoes fill the bill fill the gap fill the void fill to fill up filled to the brim film over filter filter in filter out of			file allocation table file allocation table file allocation table File Allocation Tables File Allocation Tables File Allocation Unit File Allocation Unit File Allocation Unit File Allocation Unit File Allocation Unit File alteration monitor File Alteration Monitor Daemon File an Extension File and Memory Transfer File and Print Service for NetWare File and Print services for NetWare file and printer sharing File and record locking File and Storage Technologies Conference File Archival Image Storage & Retrieval File archiver File archiver File Area Network File Assessment Value for Money File Assignment Problem File association File Attach file attachment File attribute File Attribute Record file away File Based Inserting File Based Installer File Based Write Filter File blank File browser file browsing File by Internet File Byte Count file cabinet File cabinets File Cache Buffer File Carbon Copy File Change Notification file charges file charges against someone File Checksum Integrity Verifier file clerk File closer File Code file compare File Compare Relative Record File Compare Tool file comparing File Compose and Merge Utility

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