save (sth) up
— phrasal verb with save uk/seɪv/us/seɪv/verb
A2 to keep money so that you can buy something with it in the future:
It took me months to save up enough money to go travelling.
She's saving up for a new bike.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Budgeting money
- a penny saved is a penny earned idiom
- cut
- cut back
- defund
- draw/pull in your horns idiom
- economy drive
- economy-size
- false economy
- horn
- in/out of pocket idiom
- manage
- on a shoestring idiom
- penny
- price-conscious
- put/lay sth on/to one side idiom
- save on sth
- set sth against sth
- skimp
- square
- tighten your belt idiom
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