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In or as if in a record for easy reference. For example, There's no job open right now, but we'll keep your résumé on file . The use of file in the sense of “a collection of papers stored for ready reference” dates from the early 1600s.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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