"salt away" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-salt away.ogg Forms: salts away [present, singular, third-person], salting away [participle, present], salted away [participle, past], salted away [past]
Etymology: An allusion to the preservation of food in salt. Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} salt away (third-person singular simple present salts away, present participle salting away, simple past and past participle salted away)
  1. (transitive, dated) To salt (something) for preservation and then store it away for winter. Tags: dated, transitive
    Sense id: en-salt_away-en-verb-4gKenpjH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "away", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 58 42 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "away": 78 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 72 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 82 18
  2. (transitive, idiomatic) To save or preserve (especially money) for future use. Tags: idiomatic, transitive
    Sense id: en-salt_away-en-verb-xbBNOKfI

Inflected forms

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    {
      "form": "salted away",
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        "To salt (something) for preservation and then store it away for winter."
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        "(transitive, dated) To salt (something) for preservation and then store it away for winter."
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          "ref": "1863, James Fenimore Cooper, chapter 2, in Miles Wallingford:",
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        {
          "ref": "1908, O. Henry, “Tempered Wind”, in The Gentle Grafter:",
          "text": "Some of the stockholders . . . wanted to leave the money invested. \"Salt away that chicken feed in your duds, and skip along,\" says Buck. \"What business have you got investing in bonds?\"",
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        "(transitive, idiomatic) To save or preserve (especially money) for future use."
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        "To salt (something) for preservation and then store it away for winter."
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          "ref": "1908, O. Henry, “Tempered Wind”, in The Gentle Grafter:",
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