File and Take down

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File verb - To make smooth by friction.

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Take down and file are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Take down" instead a verb "File".

Nearby Words: filed, filing, filer

Take down verb - To reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes.

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File and take down are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "File" instead a verb "Take down".

Foreshadowing: After you take down the High Overseer, an audio file found in the Admiral's room has him wondering if Corvo might be dangerous to him due to his obvious skills.

Source: Video Game / Dishonored
The Movie of V for Vendetta has shades of this: V's plot to take down the government hinges on the assumption that the rank-and-file will become ineffective after he kills off the head of the government... and kills off all second-in-commands, and blows up a building for good measure.

Source: Decapitated Army

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