to fatten up savings
- phrasal verb
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- It's wise to fatten up savings in case of an emergency.
Examples
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She decided to fatten up savings before buying a new car.
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She is trying to fatten up savings for her vacation.
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Many people try to fatten up savings at the start of the year.
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I want to fatten up savings for a new car.
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Many people try to fatten up savings by setting aside a portion of their monthly income.
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She plans to fatten up savings for a down payment on a house in the coming months.
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It's a good strategy to fatten up savings before making any large purchases.
Synonyms
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1.3
To put money aside instead of spending it now
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2.6
To put money aside little by little for something you want
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4.0
Collect things over time until there is a large amount
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2.9
Put money aside to use if something unexpected happens
Antonyms
How Much
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is a straightforward compositional metaphor: 'fatten' (make larger/fatter) + 'up' (increase) applied to 'savings' (money set aside). A learner who knows these words can readily infer that it means to make one’s savings bigger, since the image of making reserves 'fatter' maps directly onto increasing an amount and is a common, transparent extension.
Etymology
Fatten up savings uses the picture of feeding animals to make them fat. To fatten up means to give extra food so something grows, and savings are the money you keep, so the phrase means 'to increase the money you have saved'.