Idiom
run someone's file
Meaning
To search through someone's criminal record.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The officer decided to run his file at the station.”
“After the suspect gave a fake name, the detective went to the computer to run his file.”
“The investigator insisted that they run the file of every person present before allowing anyone to leave the building.”
Examples
simple
“The officer decided to run his file at the station.”
contextual
“After the suspect gave a fake name, the detective went to the computer to run his file.”
complex
“The investigator insisted that they run the file of every person present before allowing anyone to leave the building.”
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