squirrel away
English edit
Etymology edit
Suggesting the way that squirrels hide nuts in a cache.
Verb edit
squirrel away (third-person singular simple present squirrels away, present participle squirreling away or squirrelling away, simple past and past participle squirreled away or squirrelled away)
- (informal, transitive) To stash or hide; to hoard, collect, save, or accumulate; to create a reserve, stash, or hoard of some supply.
- He had bits of string, cans of nails and lots of other useful tidbits squirreled away throughout his garage.
Synonyms edit
- See also Thesaurus:amass or Thesaurus:accumulate
Translations edit
To stash or hide
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