filing away
Organizing for later
Filing away means to store something methodically for later retrieval, whether physical documents in a cabinet or information in memory: She filed away the receipt for tax purposes, He filed away that detail for future reference.
The phrase can also mean to reduce gradually by filing, as with a tool: filing away the rough edges.
- folderContainer for loose papers
- record-keepingMaintaining organized documentation
- paper trailDocumentary evidence chain
- archivingStoring for long-term keeping
- retentionContinued holding or possession
cabinet · documentation · mnemonic · mental note · categorization · compliance · label · association · encoding · schema · binder · indexing · retrieval · drawer · inventorying · cataloging · index card · shelf
filing awaydiscarding
Removing what's unwanted
throwing away · trashing · shredding · deleting · tossing out
filing awayscattering
Distribution in many directions
leaving out · disorganizing · piling up · jumbling · cluttering
filing awayretrieving
Recovering something sent away
pulling out · taking out · accessing · digging up · unearthing