file with

file (something) with (someone or something)

To give or submit paperwork to someone or something. Have you filed your expense report with Elaine yet? Please tell me that you filed a permit with the city before starting construction.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

file something with someone or something

to submit an application or a document to someone or a group. You must file this copy with the state office. I will file this with my boss.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • file (something) with (someone or something)
  • file for
  • file for (something)
  • that should do it
  • a thing of the past
  • thing of the past
  • that will do it
  • in concert with (someone)
  • doom (someone or something) to (something)
  • doom to
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A second release containing the remaining 43 forms and schedules that companies can file with their 1120/1120S returns was successfully implemented on August 9, 2004.
The requirement applies to all tax practitioners who file with California regardless of the state in which they themselves are located.
Overwriting the file by creating a new file with the same name will offer you some protection, but it's not foolproof.
A clerk requires much less time to find a document in a file with only one year of relevant information than in one containing 10 years' worth especially if the larger file includes junk along with what is valuable.
The HITS system maintains a special data file with over 54,000 records relating to the Green River murders investigation.
A practical use of text importing and splitting is turning a client's text-format trial balance data into a spreadsheet file with the account balances in separate columns.
MAS 90's Report Master feature lets you create custom reports based on MAS 90 data and print such reports directly to a file with a Lotus data format.