store up
English
Verb
store up (third-person singular simple present stores up, present participle storing up, simple past and past participle stored up)
- (transitive) To build up a supply of (something), usually for use at a particular time in the future, when the time is right.
- Coordinate terms: lay aside, lay away, lay by, lay in, lay up, put aside, put away, put by, save, store, store away
- 1904, Mary Elizabeth Burt, Poems That Every Child Should Know, Preface:
- They should store up an untold wealth of heroic sentiment; they should acquire the habit of carrying a literary quality in their conversation; they should carry a heart full of the fresh and delightful associations and memories connected with poetry hours to brighten mature years.
Translations
to build up a supply of something
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