store up

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.

   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.

• Proteus, Porteus, Puertos, -pterous, spouter, Troupes, proteus, pourest, Stroupe, petrous, posture, septuor, pouters, troupes