to stack away
1
3.9
- phrasal verb
- /stæ k əˈweɪ/
:
guardar
- If we have a lot of savings that we've stacked away and if we aren't borrowing very much for other purposes, that isn't true.
But as you grow, you have to start stacking away some cash, stacking away some cash.
- But as you grow, you have to start stacking away some cash, stacking away some cash.
Examples
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I'm storing and stacking away as quickly as I can.
Blog text (8) -
Make sure to keep the important documents stacked away in a secure place.
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But as you grow, you have to start stacking away some cash, stacking away some cash.
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I got some money stacked away that she don't know about.
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Live on the supplies he'd stacked away.
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The toys are all neatly stacked away.
Fiction book (1990) -
There were two new engravings on the drying rack; the rest were stacked away in two big portfolios, ready to go.
Fiction book (1998) -
I have saved a little money stacked away for emergencies.
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He has a collection of old records stacked away in the attic.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
To keep something in a safe place for later use
463
1.0
To put something away to use later
225
2.0
To place something in its usual place for storage
26
2.1
Keep or save something for future use
13
4.9
Put something in a hidden place to use later
6
3.3
To place papers in order and keep them where you can find them later
3
2.6
To put something in a safe place to use later
2
4.0
To get and keep extra supplies for use later
1
9.9
To put something away in a safe place to keep it
1
6.7
To save money little by little to use later
Put money or things aside in a safe place to use later
Antonyms
How Stored
45
4.2
45
4.8
- Informal
134
4.3
463
1.0
1
3.9
225
2.0
24
2.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to put something in a safe place for future use' is directly derivable from combining 'stack' (arrange objects in a pile) with 'away' (into storage/for later). This verb+particle composition follows a common and regular English pattern (cf. 'put away', 'store away') and would be readily inferred by a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
The phrasal verb stack away gives a clear picture: you stack boxes and push them away into a shed, attic, or cupboard to keep them safe. So it came to mean 'to keep or store something for future use'.