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file away
1. To remove something with the use of a file. A noun or pronoun can be used between "file" and "away." Is it safe to file away these calluses on my feet?
2. To put paperwork into a designated file and location. A noun or pronoun can be used between "file" and "away." My assistant must have already filed away the paperwork from that meeting—I don't see it here on my desk.
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file something (away)
to put something away, usually in a file folder or file cabinet. She filed the letter away for future reference. Please file away this report. You will need it some day.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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- circular file
- dirt file
- file
- file (something) against (someone)
- file (something) with (someone or something)
- file 13
- file against
- file away
- file charges
- file charges against (one)
- file down
- file for
- file for (something)
- file in
- file in(to something or some place)
- file off
- file off (of) (something)
- file off Go to file
- file off the serial number(s)
- file out
- file out of (something)
- file past
- file past (someone or something)
- file thirteen
- file under
- file under (something)
- file with
- get in(to) single file
- have (something) on file
- have on file
- in a single file
- in Indian file
- in single file
- Indian file
- march (in) single file
- on file
- press charges
- profile
- rank and file
- rank and file, the
- round file
- single file
- single file, in
- single/Indian file
- walk (in) single file