file out

verb

To exit in one or more single file lines.

“The recruits filed out of the hall.”

Opposite
file in
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Meanings

verbfile out (third-person singular simple present files out, present participle filing out, simple past and past participle filed out)

present singular third person files out · participle present filing out · participle past filed out · past filed out

  1. To exit in one or more single file lines.

    The recruits filed out of the hall.

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
file in

verbmarch out, in a file

Opposite
file in
Broader
exitgo outget out

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Russian выходить колонной по одному
  • выходить колонной по одному (kolonnoj)To exit in one or more single file lines
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APA

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MLA

“file out.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/file%20out. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “file out,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/file%20out.

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