stash away

stash away

To secrete, hoard, or store something away so as to avoid discovery by others or to preserve or amass for future use. A noun or pronoun can be used between "stash" and "away." Please, you have to stash these drugs away for me. The cops won't look in your house! My wife stashes chocolates away in the back of the cupboard like she's trying to hide them from me or something. My grandmother stashed away a bit of money every week under her mattress until she and my grandfather retired.
See also: away, stash
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

stash something away

to hide something; to set something aside for use at a later time. Please stash this away somewhere. You may need it someday. You should stash away some money for later.
See also: away, stash
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • involve with
  • involve with (someone or something)
  • involved with
  • arrange for
  • arrange for some time
  • arrange some music for
  • back into
  • back into (someone or something)
  • add in
  • angle
References in periodicals archive
IF YOU have a minimum of pounds 10,000 to stash away, Chase de Vere will pay you six per cent gross - 4.8 after tax - and will guarantee this top rate until March 1, 2000, when the bond matures.
"Depending on how many people are dependent on your income, you need to stash away at least three to six months' worth of living expenses."
By resisting the evil weed a 20-a-day smoker would save around pounds 1,241 and heavier smokers would stash away far more.
Zoologists now report that female red-cockaded woodpeckers stash away bone fragments during the egg-laying season.
First-time buyers are failing to stash away a decent deposit, leaving their home-owning dreams in tatters.
Another option is to stash away a few million and slide off into comfortable exile.
Youngsters with pounds 500 or more to stash away earn 6.25 per cent.