squirrel away

English

Etymology

Suggesting the way that squirrels hide nuts in a cache.

Verb

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)

1. (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

• See also Thesaurus:amass or Thesaurus:accumulate

Translations

To stash or hide

• Finnish: hamstrata (fi)
• Polish: chomikować (pl)