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phrasehoard[hoarded, hoarded, hoarding] hoard away hoard away sth • hoard sth away to secretly keep large quantities of something hidden somewhere, especially money or food: The old man had been hoarding his money away for years under the mattress. hoard up hoard up sth • hoard sth up to collect and save large amounts of food, money etc, so that you will have it later if you need it: People are hoarding up supplies of food in case there's another bad winter. (redirected from hoard)
hoard upTo accumulate and keep large quantities of something. A now or pronoun can be used between "hoard" and "up." People tend to hoard up things like bread, milk, and eggs when they heard a bad winter weather forecast. hoard something upto accumulate a large store of something against bad times. Scott was hoarding canned goods up for the hard times ahead. He hoarded up many pounds of canned tuna. |