squirrel away
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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The deadline has prompted security engineers to focus preparations to ward off harvest-now-decrypt-later (HNDL, and also store now, decrypt later) threats, in which adversaries squirrel away encrypted data flowing over the Internet with the plan of decrypting it on Q-Day—the date a CRQC arrives.
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Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 17 Apr. 2026
Allow some of your garlic to flower and plant near tomatoes to help keep squirrels away.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 3 Apr. 2026
Stephen then squirrels away the confessional video for leverage.
—Antonia Blyth, Deadline, 12 Jan. 2026
Hoosiers can squirrel away some extra cash each fall by collecting acorns and other tree seeds and selling them to the Indiana Department of Natural Resources.
—Karl Schneider, IndyStar, 11 Nov. 2025
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Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 17 Apr. 2026
Allow some of your garlic to flower and plant near tomatoes to help keep squirrels away.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 3 Apr. 2026
Stephen then squirrels away the confessional video for leverage.
—Antonia Blyth, Deadline, 12 Jan. 2026
Hoosiers can squirrel away some extra cash each fall by collecting acorns and other tree seeds and selling them to the Indiana Department of Natural Resources.
—Karl Schneider, IndyStar, 11 Nov. 2025
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“Squirrel away.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/squirrel%20away. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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