squirrel (away)

verb

Definition of squirrel (away)next
as in to store
to put (something of future use or value) in a safe or secret place squirreled the information away for future reference

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for squirrel (away)
  1. store
  2. stash
  3. put by
Verb
  • But dating apps are not largely not transparent about how personal information is stored, analyzed, and shared and require you to legally consent to sharing data.
    — Sneha Dhandapani, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026
  • This far exceeds the carbon stored in the world’s forest biomass, despite forests covering a much larger area.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of store
Verb
  • The bar is lower than the basement room Luann got stashed in at Ramona’s Hamptons house.
    — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2026
  • This is the God of end-times preppers, the God who stashes clues to Armageddon in sacred texts like so many colored eggs at Easter.
    — David Von Drehle, Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of stash
Verb
  • At the center of that decision was a memo put by Noem requiring that every contract above $100,000 must be personally signed off by her.
    — Luke Barr, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2026
  • More than twice as many Palantir calls traded than puts by volume Monday, with traders buying 56,000 calls and fewer than 25,000 puts, according to ThinkOrSwim data.
    — Oliver Renick, CNBC, 3 Aug. 2026
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“Squirrel (away).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squirrel%20%28away%29. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

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