filer
Meanings
Verb
1. to spin (a web) (transitive)
2. to thread through (a crowd) (transitive)
3. to spin a thread (of syrup, or syrup-like substances) (intransitive)
4. to leave, to get going, to scram, to slip through (intransitive, informal)
5. to pass, to hand, to give (transitive, informal)
6. to ease a line (nautical, transitive)
7. (police) to tail, track (transitive)
8. to season and thicken gumbo with filé powder (transitive, Louisiana)
Examples76
Tu pourrais me filer le sel, s'il-te-plaît ?
Can you gimme the salt, please?
Elle m'a filé des classes d'anglais.
She gave me some English classes.
Ça m’a filé les chocottes.
It gave me the willies.
Il m'a dit qu'il devait filer.
He told me he had to split.
Tu peux m'en filer un ?
Can you slip me one?
Le temps file et n'attend personne.
Time waits for no one.