"file away" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: files away [present, singular, third-person], filing away [participle, present], filed away [participle, past], filed away [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} file away (third-person singular simple present files away, present participle filing away, simple past and past participle filed away)
  1. To store in a file; to get rid of a document by placing it in a file or other storage.
    Sense id: en-file_away-en-verb-OUAVz2FL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (away) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 85 15 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (away): 72 28
  2. (idiomatic) To cause oneself to remember (something); to avoid expressing a feeling, fact or idea until an appropriate time. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-file_away-en-verb-xpoWotSf

Inflected forms

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