Meaning

2 senses
  1. (transitive)To remove using a file (the tool).

  2. (intransitive)To depart in single file.

Examples

4 sentences
  1. Tom deleted all the files off his thumb drive.

    ruТом стёр все файлы со своей флешки. — odexed

    deTom löschte alle Dateien auf seinem Speicherstab. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. That file is off-limits.

  3. I forgot to save the file before switching off.

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  4. They filed off the identification number so the engine could not be traced back to the original car.

Forms

files off, filing off, filed off, filed off
Base formfile off · to file off
3rd person singularfiles off
Present participlefiling off
Past simplefiled off
Past participlefiled off

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyfile off
he, she, itfiles off

Past simpleLesson

all personsfiled off

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave filed off
he, she, ithas filed off

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill file off

Phrasal verbs

6 phrasal verbs

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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