PAPER TRAIL

Pronunciation (US):

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 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)

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