file away
verb
Forms files away filing away filed away
- verb (transitive) To store in a file; to get rid of a document by placing it in a file or other storage. “Would you help me file away these reports?”
- verb (transitive, idiomatic) To cause oneself to remember (something); to avoid expressing a feeling, fact or idea until an appropriate time. “His words hurt, but I'll file away my emotions until I can get my revenge.”
- verb (intransitive) To move away in a file. “The soldiers filed way at a quick pace.”
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