squirrel away
phrasal verb
squirreled away or squirrelled away; squirreling away or squirrelling away; squirrels away
: to put (something) in a safe or secret place especially so that it can be kept for future use
Most of his money is squirreled away somewhere.
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In California, there are about a dozen other carbon storage proposals that seek to collectively squirrel away millions of tons of carbon emissions in old oil and gas fields in exchange for government tax credits.
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Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2024
Allow some of your garlic to flower and plant near tomatoes to help keep squirrels away.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 14 Sep. 2024
Add ornamental pepper plants to fall containers to keep squirrels away from pumpkins on your porch.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 14 Sep. 2024
Spend time appreciating the change of season, where fall colors and smells burst onto the scene and woodland creatures make haste to squirrel away sustenance.
—Wendy Altschuler, Forbes, 6 Sep. 2024
Magnifico squirrels away the wishes in his castle, only deigning to grant one occasionally.
—EW.com, 17 Nov. 2023
Latinos squirrel away cash in all sorts of weird places.
—Jp Brammer, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2023
There are also large differences by income group: Wealthier families, who were able to squirrel away money during the pandemic and have benefited from soaring home values and stock portfolios, have continued to spend heavily, obscuring slowdowns among lower-income groups.
—Abha Bhattarai, Washington Post, 12 June 2023
For one, millennials with a retirement plan squirrel away more of their income than either boomers or Gen Xers do, contributing 16% annually compared with less than 10% per year for the older generations, Goodsell noted.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 18 Apr. 2023
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Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2024
Allow some of your garlic to flower and plant near tomatoes to help keep squirrels away.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 14 Sep. 2024
Add ornamental pepper plants to fall containers to keep squirrels away from pumpkins on your porch.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 14 Sep. 2024
Spend time appreciating the change of season, where fall colors and smells burst onto the scene and woodland creatures make haste to squirrel away sustenance.
—Wendy Altschuler, Forbes, 6 Sep. 2024
Magnifico squirrels away the wishes in his castle, only deigning to grant one occasionally.
—EW.com, 17 Nov. 2023
Latinos squirrel away cash in all sorts of weird places.
—Jp Brammer, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2023
There are also large differences by income group: Wealthier families, who were able to squirrel away money during the pandemic and have benefited from soaring home values and stock portfolios, have continued to spend heavily, obscuring slowdowns among lower-income groups.
—Abha Bhattarai, Washington Post, 12 June 2023
For one, millennials with a retirement plan squirrel away more of their income than either boomers or Gen Xers do, contributing 16% annually compared with less than 10% per year for the older generations, Goodsell noted.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 18 Apr. 2023
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