squirrel away
verbEtymology Suggesting the way that squirrels hide nuts in a cache.
1
Informal 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