file (away)
1file 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 …
2file 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… …
3file 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… …
4file away — verb To store in a file Would you help me file away these reports? …
5file 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,… …
6file — ▪ 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… …
7file — 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.… …
8file — [[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… …
9file — 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 …
10File 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 …
