as in stores
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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One of these is the presence of an underground structure that stores starch and allows the plant to spread through the soil when growing conditions are good, and to rejuvenate from environmental stress should its above-ground growth die.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
4 June 2026 -
Your phone already stores payment cards, tickets, boarding passes, keys and loyalty cards.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
3 June 2026
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One stashes them in a tomato paste box.—
Rebecca Flint Marx,
SELF,
20 Apr. 2026
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Christian pretends to fall so everyone looks at him, and then Devens stashes a fake idol wrapped in the real sheet from the BEBI.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
5 Mar. 2026
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“Squirrels (away).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squirrels%20%28away%29. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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