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Definition of Squirrel away

1. Verb. Save up as for future use. "They squirrel away the money in the closet"

Definition of Squirrel away

1. Verb. (idiomatic) To stash or hide; to hoard, collect, save, or accumulate; to create a reserve, stash, or hoard of some supply, so as to recall a squirrel's burying of nuts. ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Squirrel Away

Literary usage of Squirrel away

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1876)
"... a reasonable distance and using my field glasses, I observed a Tufted Titmouse {Parus bicolor), as I supposed trying to drive a red squirrel away. ..."

2. The Kindergarten for Teachers and Parents (1907)
"... frightened both birds and squirrel away. Then when they came again, he tried jumping for them, but he found that he only dashed his foolish little head ..."

3. The Snow Flake: A Gift for Innocence and Beauty : 1846 by Timothy Shay Arthur (1846)
"... which they had just discovered, he set off with a shout after the squirrel. Away went the active little animal clearing ten feet at each graceful leap, ..."

4. The Cyr Readers: Arranged by Grades by Ellen M. Cyr (1901)
"Nelly ran after the cat and took the squirrel away from him. He was frightened, but not hurt. " Let me hold you now," said Nelly; " I took you away from ..."

5. Our Animal Friends: An Illustrated Monthly Magazine (1893)
"Patsie was hungry too, but just as he started for home he saw a squirrel. Away ran Patsie after him, until the squirrel went into a hole in the stone wall. ..."

6. The Children's Second Reader by Ellen M. Cyr (1894)
"Nelly ran after the cat and took the squirrel away from him. He was frightened, but not hurt. "Let me hold you now," said Nelly; " I took you away from ..."

7. The Cyr Readers: Arranged by Grades. Book 1-8 by Ellen M. Cyr (1901)
"Nelly ran after the cat and took the squirrel away from him. He was frightened, but not hurt. "Let me hold you now," said Nelly; " I took you away from ..."

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