Word Study
file away
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb file away has 2 senses
- file away(v = verb.communication) file - place in a container for keeping records; "File these bills, please" is one way to enter, put down, record
- file away(v = verb.contact) archive - put into an archive; Array is one way to collect, pull in
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
Sample sentence:
They file away the newspapers
THESAURUS
file away
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, lay down, lay in, lay in store, leach, lessen, lodge, pack away, purify, put away, reduce, refine, remove, reposit, reservoir, retrench, rub away, salt away, salt down, shorten, stash, store, store away, stow, stow away, stow down, subduct, subtract, take away, take from, thin, thin out, warehouse, wear away, weed, withdraw
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