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Salt away

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To salt (something) for preservation and then store it away for winter. dated, transitive
  2. 2
    keep or lay aside for future use wordnet
  3. 3
    To save or preserve (especially money) for future use. idiomatic, transitive

    ""You have more than two thousand salted away, I know, Moses, between prize-money, wages, adventures, and other matters.""

Etymology

An allusion to the preservation of food in salt.

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