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PAPER TRAIL
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The written evidence of someone's activities
Example:
this paper trail consisted mainly of electronically stored information
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("paper trail" is a kind of...):
written account; written record (a written document preserving knowledge of facts or events)