What does file away mean?

file away means "place in a container for keeping records". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for file away?

Close synonyms include file, archive. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is file away a common word?

file away is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

File away — meaning, 2 senses and 2 synonyms

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2 sensesAn action, occurrence or state of being.

1.
place in a container for keeping records
“File these bills, please”
Synonymsfile
Broaderrecord
2.
put into an archive
Synonymsarchive
Broadercollect

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