circular file
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of circular file
First recorded in 1945–50
Example Sentences
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I freelance, and it seemed like every accounts payable department I deal with had somehow sent my invoices to the online equivalent of a circular file.
From Slate ● Jun. 5, 2015
Most of these immediately go in the circular file.
From Forbes ● Mar. 31, 2015
These will put your proposal in the circular file, and even future good opportunities from you may go to the bottom of my list:
From Forbes ● Sep. 23, 2014
Later, I would learn that the disciplinary committee, inundated with more serious offenses, had essentially thrown this one into the circular file.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
When sufficiently enlarged, recourse may be had to the rat-tailed or circular file.
From The Repairing & Restoration of Violins 'The Strad' Library, No. XII. by Horace Petherick
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