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round file
noun
a wastepaper basket
verb
(tr) to throw into a wastepaper basket; discard; reject
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“I thought it was going in the round file,” she said.
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We told Ms. Hudgins this route was a waste of taxpayer money, but she reportedly filed our petition “in the round file.”
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Otherwise, typical junk mail can go into the round file as usual.
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A round file should always be a little smaller at its greatest diameter than the hole in the work.
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You’ll want the little round file for that holler in her bow.
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