"store up" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: stores up [present, singular, third-person], storing up [participle, present], stored up [participle, past], stored up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} store up (third-person singular simple present stores up, present participle storing up, simple past and past participle stored up)
  1. (transitive) To build up a supply of (something), usually for use at a particular time in the future, when the time is right. Tags: transitive Translations (to build up a supply of something): compercō (Latin)
    Sense id: en-store_up-en-verb-x4yPHo3h Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (up)

Inflected forms

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