squirrel away

Verb

Meaning

save up as for future use

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

cache hoard stash lay away hive up bank garner keep reserve stow store save retain collect hide
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Antonyms

blue spring blow lavish misuse dissipate
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Hypernyms

save lay aside save up

Examples

I squirrel away sealed greeting cards that people give me so I can open them later when I'm having a bad day. Emily Procter

Once I'd reached the point where I could squirrel away more than 30 digits a minute in memory palaces, I still only sporadically used the techniques to memorize the phone numbers of people I actually wanted to call. I found it was just too simple to punch them into my cell phone. Joshua Foer

Close letter words and terms

squirr squirrel squirrel around squirrel cage squirrel corn squirrel fish