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squirreled away

VERB

save up

Synonyms

WEAK

accumulate amass assemble collect garner gather harvest hoard pack away put away reap sock away stock up store

Example Sentences

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Andrzejewski’s company now has 30 boxes of pennies squirreled away.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 5, 2025

"I haven't been on wages for the past two weeks. I'm now dipping into savings, money that I've squirreled away for retirement, with no insight into exactly when this will be over."

From BBC • Sep. 28, 2025

In fact, I still have a box or two of these cereals squirreled away at my house, even though I'm well into adulthood, working as an assistant professor of nutrition and dietetics.

From Salon • Jul. 23, 2024

Menendez has pleaded not guilty and said the cash found in the house was personal savings he had squirreled away for emergencies.

From Washington Times • Oct. 2, 2023

Details such as food, drink, a change of clothing, a place to sleep, and needing more than the seventeen dollars squirreled away in the zipper pouch of his book bag.

From "Clayton Byrd Goes Underground" by Rita Williams-Garcia