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Idioms and Phrases
Accumulate something for a particular purpose, as in Jan had been saving up her allowance for a new bicycle . [First half of 1800s]Example Sentences
He tried to save up for one for his wife, but the man just took his money and disappeared.
"It took me a long time to save up for the last car," she said.
Bridgette said it means family farms, like hers, are now needing to save up to pay the tax "for whenever one generation needs to pass the farm onto the next".
In California, where monthly median earnings approach $6,000, it would still take the average renter — and a quite diligent saver, I’ll add — more than eight years to save up for a down payment.
She had contemplated sterilisation for years, but decided to go ahead after saving up the money for the operation and finding herself in a stable job that allowed her to take time off.
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