stows away

Definition of stows awaynext
present tense third-person singular of stow away

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for stows away
Verb
  • Now Kiki is spooked, walks right out of the party, and basically hitchhikes a ride with some invisible truck driver.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Piecemeal progress As Scott hitches his legacy to trying to eradicate the thousands of vacant homes that have blighted the city for decades, the contrast between the two neighborhoods may be the biggest hurdle.
    Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 13 Dec. 2025
Verb
  • Feldman, meanwhile, flashed a big smile and thumbs up to the camera.
    Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 23 Nov. 2025
  • Last Samurai Standing also got the all-important, and extremely coveted, Hideo Kojima thumbs up.
    Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 16 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • By feeding a stodgy institutional figure like Powell into the AI-meme deluge, the internet hijacks the Federal Reserve’s image and accelerates it past the point of professional control.
    Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 16 Jan. 2026
  • All that progress rolls backward if males can take spots on both men’s and women’s teams; this torpedoes Title IX and hijacks women’s sports.
    Alanna Smith, New York Daily News, 12 Jan. 2026
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“Stows away.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stows%20away. Accessed 25 Jan. 2026.

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