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 (US) squirreling away or (UK) squirrelling away, simple past and past participle (US) squirreled away or (UK) 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)
• Spanish: zampuzar (es), escamotear (es)