to put sb on file

  • 41file 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… …

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  • 42file thirteen —    a wastepaper basket    Where you dispose of unwanted or superfluous correspondence or printed matter:     They won t give them time off, or they ll put the application in File 13 the wastepaper basket. (McNab, 1993)    In America, also known… …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • 43put\ one's\ hands\ on — • lay one s hands on • get one s hands on • put one s hands on v. phr. 1. To seize in order to punish or treat roughly. If I ever lay my hands on that boy he ll be sorry. Compare: lay a finger on 2. To get possession of. He was unable to lay his… …

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  • 44file 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,… …

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  • 45Trivial File Transfer Protocol — Trivial File Transport Protocol(TFTP) is a very simple file transfer protocol, with the functionality of a very basic form of FTP; it was first defined in 1980.Fact|date=September 2008Since it is so simple, it is easy to implement in a very small …

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  • 46Indian file — File File (f[imac]l), n. [F. file row (cf. Pr., Sp., Pg., & It. fila), LL. fila, fr. L. filum a thread. Cf. {Enfilade}, {Filament}, {Fillet}.] 1. An orderly succession; a line; a row; as: (a) (Mil.) A row of soldiers ranged one behind another; in …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 47On file — File File (f[imac]l), n. [F. file row (cf. Pr., Sp., Pg., & It. fila), LL. fila, fr. L. filum a thread. Cf. {Enfilade}, {Filament}, {Fillet}.] 1. An orderly succession; a line; a row; as: (a) (Mil.) A row of soldiers ranged one behind another; in …

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  • 48Rank and file — File File (f[imac]l), n. [F. file row (cf. Pr., Sp., Pg., & It. fila), LL. fila, fr. L. filum a thread. Cf. {Enfilade}, {Filament}, {Fillet}.] 1. An orderly succession; a line; a row; as: (a) (Mil.) A row of soldiers ranged one behind another; in …

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  • 49Single file — File File (f[imac]l), n. [F. file row (cf. Pr., Sp., Pg., & It. fila), LL. fila, fr. L. filum a thread. Cf. {Enfilade}, {Filament}, {Fillet}.] 1. An orderly succession; a line; a row; as: (a) (Mil.) A row of soldiers ranged one behind another; in …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 50on file — put away in a file, listed in a file …

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