PAPER TRAIL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does paper trail mean? 

• PAPER TRAIL (noun)
  The noun PAPER TRAIL has 1 sense:

1. the written evidence of someone's activities

  Familiarity information: PAPER TRAIL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PAPER TRAIL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The written evidence of someone's activities

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Context example:

this paper trail consisted mainly of electronically stored information

Hypernyms ("paper trail" is a kind of...):

written account; written record (a written document preserving knowledge of facts or events)