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单词 to close their files
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to close their files
b. Phrases: †to accept the files, to open one's own ranks for a charging enemy to enter. to double the files: to put two files in one and so make the ranks smaller; also figurative. to close their files, see close v. 10b to take the right-hand file, to take precedence.
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the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [verb (intransitive)] > other
to take the right-hand file1616
first1635
to speak in capitals?1694
to take the (or a) lead1761
to play first (or second) fiddle1778
to play first violin1780
to be no great (some great, considerable, etc.) shakes1819
to pitch it strong1823
to come out strong1825
violin1895
repeat1923
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > honour > be honoured [verb (intransitive)] > take precedence
to take the right-hand file1616
precede1654
society > armed hostility > military operations > distribution of troops > formation > form or reform [verb (intransitive)] > put two files in one
to double the files1616
society > armed hostility > military operations > distribution of troops > formation > form or reform [verb (intransitive)] > open or close ranks
to close ranks or files1797
to accept the files1868
1616 J. Bingham in tr. Ælian Tactiks xxix. 137 Double your files to the right or left hand.
1630 P. Massinger Picture sig. H3 There are Many..who may take..the right hand file of you.
1642 T. Fuller Holy State i. i. 3 In her husbands absence she is wife and deputy-husband, which makes her double the files of her diligence.
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) at File To Double the Files.
1868 A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea (ed. 4) IV. v. 163 It used to be said of the foreigners that they ‘accepted the files’.
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