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squirrel away



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Idioms and Phrases

Hide or store, as in She squirreled away her savings in at least four different banks . This expression alludes to the squirrel's habit of hiding nuts and acorns in the ground. [First half of 1900s]
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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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Governors don’t want to squirrel away so much that they’re not investing as much as they could in schools and safety.

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Even as a student, he would squirrel away money from part-time jobs and use some of it to lavish his mother and grandmother with clothes.

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“This is different,” veteran Virginia political analyst Bob Holsworth said of Youngkin’s spending, noting that governors in their first year usually squirrel away money for the next year’s legislative races.

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For others, income may not keep pace with rising costs, leaving them less to squirrel away.

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