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Squirrel away

verb, slang

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Verb
  1. 1
    To stash or hide; to hoard, collect, save, or accumulate; to create a reserve, stash, or hoard of some supply. informal, transitive

    "He had bits of string, cans of nails and lots of other useful tidbits squirreled away throughout his garage."

  2. 2
    save up as for future use wordnet

Etymology

Suggesting the way that squirrels hide nuts in a cache.

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