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noun

a line of persons or things arranged one behind the other; Indian file.

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Origin of single file

First recorded in 1660–70

Words nearby single file

single-end, single-ended, single entry, single-family, single father, single file, single file, in, single-foot, single-hand, single-handed, single-handedly

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The single file line snaked slowly and the candidates handled the break differently.
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Even show ponies are not exempt from ending up in a narrowing chute that feeds the condemned in single file into the “stun box.”
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They parked single file along the Mall, delivering a small army of people.
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We walked single-file toward a wooded area, the two rifles positioned as reassuring bookends.
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He remembers lining up single file every day to get on the school bus to bring him home.
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The sides of the notch were steep, and the boys rode through it in single file, Matt taking the lead.
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It was a fine reach down Southampton Water, the three close together in single file.
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They were riding single file along a narrow jungle-path when Koyala's horse stumbled over a hidden creeper.
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With one exception these are lost to-day, for so far as known there is not a single file of the Enterprise in existence.
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The rest followed him in single file, going pretty slow, so as to enable us to keep up to them.
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British Dictionary definitions for single file

single file

noun

a line of persons, animals, or things ranged one behind the other, either stationary or moving

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