stash
verb (used with object)
to put by or away as for safekeeping or future use, usually in a secret place (usually followed byaway ).
were stashing
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past progressiveof stash.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Federal agents had suspected for years that criminals were stashing loot there, and they assert that’s exactly what they found.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2021
Workers who did show up were stashing sandbags around doorways, electrical vents and street-front windows.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 12, 2019
Housewives were stashing away three-month supplies of Nuoc Mam, the redolent fish sauce.
From Time Magazine Archive
