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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

By January, she already felt more financially secure, having squirreled away $1,000 and knowing more would be coming.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 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

The other families in our flat scrambled to give the Nazi officer everything they had squirreled away: little bits of jewelry, a pocket watch, a handful of zloty.

From "Prisoner B-3087" by Alan Gratz