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squirrelled away

squirrelled away is the simple past and past participle of squirrel away.

Meaning of squirrel away

Verb

squirrel away (third-person singular simple present squirrels away, present participle (US) squirreling away or (UK) squirrelling away, simple past and past participle (US) squirreled away or (UK) squirrelled away)

  1. (informal, transitive) To stash or hide; to hoard, collect, save, or accumulate; to create a reserve, stash, or hoard of some supply.
    • He had bits of string, cans of nails and lots of other useful tidbits squirreled away throughout his garage.
    Synonyms:
    accumulate

Questions about squirrelled away

What is squirrelled away the simple past and past participle of?
Squirrelled away is the simple past and past participle of squirrel away.

Words near squirrelled away in the dictionary

  1. squirreling around
  2. squirreling away
  3. squirrelish
  4. squirrelled
  5. squirrelled around
  6. squirrelled away
  7. squirrelless
  8. squirrellier
  9. squirrelliest
  10. squirrellike
  11. squirrelliness

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