Meaning of file away | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To store in a file; to get rid of a document by placing it in a file or other storage.
   transitive
2. To cause oneself to remember (something); to avoid expressing a feeling, fact or idea until an appropriate time.
   idiomatic, transitive
3. To move away in a file.
   intransitive

Equivalents

Examples

“Would you help me file away these reports?”

“His words hurt, but I'll file away my emotions until I can get my revenge.”

“The soldiers filed way at a quick pace.”

“Then, in a moment of sheer grief, he touched Yebby’s tousled hair for the last time and stood back, watching silently as the men filed away, out of the clearing towards the settlement.”

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