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run someone's file

run someone's file verb: to search through someone's criminal record.

Verb

run someone's file (third-person singular simple present runs someone's file, present participle running someone's file, simple past ran someone's file, past participle run someone's file)

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To search through someone's criminal record.

Forms of run someone's file

third-person singular presentruns someone's file
present participlerunning someone's file
pastran someone's file
past participlerun someone's file

Questions about run someone's file

What does run someone's file mean?
Run someone's file means to search through someone's criminal record.
What part of speech is run someone's file?
Run someone's file is a verb.
What is the past tense of run someone's file?
The past tense of run someone's file is ran someone's file.

Words near run someone's file in the dictionary

  1. run sheet
  2. run sheets
  3. run short
  4. run someone off their feet
  5. run someone ragged
  6. run someone's file
  7. run something up the flagpole
  8. run tee
  9. run tees
  10. run the clock down
  11. run the gamut

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