"squirrel away" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "Suggesting the way that squirrels hide nuts in a cache.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "squirrels away",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "squirreling away",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "squirrelling away",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "squirreled away",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "squirreled away",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "squirrelled away",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "squirrelled away",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*",
        "past2": "squirrelled away",
        "pres_ptc2": "squirrelling away"
      },
      "expansion": "squirrel away (third-person singular simple present squirrels away, present participle squirreling away or squirrelling away, simple past and past participle squirreled away or squirrelled away)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (away)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He had bits of string, cans of nails and lots of other useful tidbits squirreled away throughout his garage."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To stash or hide; to hoard, collect, save, or accumulate; to create a reserve, stash, or hoard of some supply."
      ],
      "id": "en-squirrel_away-en-verb-NkcVWkqK",
      "links": [
        [
          "stash",
          "stash"
        ],
        [
          "hide",
          "hide"
        ],
        [
          "hoard",
          "hoard"
        ],
        [
          "collect",
          "collect"
        ],
        [
          "save",
          "save"
        ],
        [
          "accumulate",
          "accumulate"
        ],
        [
          "reserve",
          "reserve"
        ],
        [
          "supply",
          "supply"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, transitive) To stash or hide; to hoard, collect, save, or accumulate; to create a reserve, stash, or hoard of some supply."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "accumulate"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "To stash or hide",
          "word": "hamstrata"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "To stash or hide",
          "word": "chomikować"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "squirrel away"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "Suggesting the way that squirrels hide nuts in a cache.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "squirrels away",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "squirreling away",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "squirrelling away",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "squirreled away",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "squirreled away",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "squirrelled away",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "squirrelled away",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*",
        "past2": "squirrelled away",
        "pres_ptc2": "squirrelling away"
      },
      "expansion": "squirrel away (third-person singular simple present squirrels away, present participle squirreling away or squirrelling away, simple past and past participle squirreled away or squirrelled away)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English informal terms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English phrasal verbs",
        "English phrasal verbs with particle (away)",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "English verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He had bits of string, cans of nails and lots of other useful tidbits squirreled away throughout his garage."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To stash or hide; to hoard, collect, save, or accumulate; to create a reserve, stash, or hoard of some supply."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "stash",
          "stash"
        ],
        [
          "hide",
          "hide"
        ],
        [
          "hoard",
          "hoard"
        ],
        [
          "collect",
          "collect"
        ],
        [
          "save",
          "save"
        ],
        [
          "accumulate",
          "accumulate"
        ],
        [
          "reserve",
          "reserve"
        ],
        [
          "supply",
          "supply"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, transitive) To stash or hide; to hoard, collect, save, or accumulate; to create a reserve, stash, or hoard of some supply."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "accumulate"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "To stash or hide",
      "word": "hamstrata"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "To stash or hide",
      "word": "chomikować"
    }
  ],
  "word": "squirrel away"
}