verb
- To place (money) in a bank: bank2, deposit, lay away, salt away. See keep/release, money.
| Thesaurus: sock away |
| Idioms: sock away |
Put money in a safe place for future use, as in I've got about $2,000 socked away for a new car. This usage presumably alludes to putting one's savings in a sock. [Colloquial; first half of 1900s]
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