file charges (against someone)

file charges (against someone)
press charges (against someone) & file charges (against someone)
Fig. to make a formal charge of wrongdoing against someone. •

They agreed not to press charges against me if I agreed to pay for the damages.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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