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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Dix and Splash bounded about, now and then leaping up against Bunny as though they wanted to get the squirrel away from him.

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I soon found that she desired to give the squirrel away with her own hands, and did not by any means consider me a sick soldier.

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