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SAVE UP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does save up mean?
• SAVE UP (verb)
The verb SAVE UP has 1 sense:
1. accumulate money for future use
Familiarity information: SAVE UP used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Accumulate money for future use
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
Context example:
He saves half his salary
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "save up"):
cache; hive up; hoard; lay away; squirrel away; stash (save up as for future use)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
They save up their grandchild with money
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