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verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of FILE

to move along with a steady regular step especially in a group <to the strains of that familiar music, this year's graduating class filed into the auditorium>

Synonyms file, pace, parade, stride

Related Words goose-step; perambulate, step, traipse, tread; hike, tramp; lumber, plod, stamp, stomp, stride, trudge

Near Antonyms amble, meander, ramble, stroll, wander

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