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S0528500 (sŏk)n.1. A garment that covers the foot and part of the leg usually made of cotton or wool and worn for warmth or for protection from abrasion from a shoe or boot.2. Meteorology A windsock.3. a. A light shoe worn by comic actors in ancient Greek and Roman plays.b. Comic drama; comedy: "He ... knew all niceties of the sock and buskin" (Byron).tr.v. socked, sock·ing, socks To provide with socks.Phrasal Verbs: sock away Informal To put (money) away in a safe place for future use. sock in To cause to be closed to traffic, as by reducing visibility or physically impeding passage: fog that socked in the airport; ice that socked in the harbor.

[Middle English socke, from Old English socc, a kind of light shoe, from Latin soccus, possibly from Greek sunkhis, sukkhos, Phrygian shoe.]

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S0528500 (sŏk)v. socked, sock·ing, socks v.tr. To hit or strike forcefully; punch.v.intr. To deliver a blow.n. A hard blow or punch.Idiom: sock it to (someone) Slang To deliver a forceful comment, reprimand, or physical blow to someone else.

[Origin unknown.]

sock away

vb (tr) informal US and Canadian and NZ to save up

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sock away

verbInformal. To place (money) in a bank:bank, deposit, lay away, salt away.

sock away

To save or reserve something, especially money, for future use. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "sock" and "away." If you can sock away even $100 each month, it will go a long way toward our vacation at the end of the year. We've been socking little bits away for years in order to put down a deposit on a home.See also: away, sock

sock something away

to place something, such as money, into reserve; to store something in a secure place. I try to sock a little money away each month for my vacation. I will sock away some money.See also: away, sock

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] See also: away, sock

sock away

v. To put something valuable in a safe place for future use: He socked away some gold in a mattress in case the bank was robbed. While the rest of us have been blowing our salaries on electronic gadgets, she has been quietly socking hers away.See also: away, sock

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释义	sock away sock¹ S0528500 (sŏk)n.1. A garment that covers the foot and part of the leg usually made of cotton or wool and worn for warmth or for protection from abrasion from a shoe or boot.2. Meteorology A windsock.3. a. A light shoe worn by comic actors in ancient Greek and Roman plays.b. Comic drama; comedy: "He ... knew all niceties of the sock and buskin" (Byron).tr.v. socked, sock·ing, socks To provide with socks.Phrasal Verbs: *sock away* Informal To put (money) away in a safe place for future use. *sock in* To cause to be closed to traffic, as by reducing visibility or physically impeding passage: fog that socked in the airport; ice that socked in the harbor. [Middle English socke, from Old English socc, a kind of light shoe, from Latin soccus, possibly from Greek sunkhis, sukkhos, Phrygian shoe.] sock² S0528500 (sŏk)v. socked, sock·ing, socks v.tr. To hit or strike forcefully; punch.v.intr. To deliver a blow.n. A hard blow or punch.Idiom: *sock it to (someone)* Slang To deliver a forceful comment, reprimand, or physical blow to someone else. [Origin unknown.] sock away vb (tr) informal US and Canadian and NZ to save up Thesaurus sock away verbInformal. To place (money) in a bank:bank, deposit, lay away, salt away. sock away sock away To save or reserve something, especially money, for future use. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "sock" and "away." If you can sock away even $100 each month, it will go a long way toward our vacation at the end of the year. We've been socking little bits away for years in order to put down a deposit on a home.See also: away, sock sock something away to place something, such as money, into reserve; to store something in a secure place. I try to sock a little money away each month for my vacation. I will sock away some money.See also: away, sock 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] See also: away, sock sock away v. To put something valuable in a safe place for future use: He socked away some gold in a mattress in case the bank was robbed. While the rest of us have been blowing our salaries on electronic gadgets, she has been quietly socking hers away.See also: away, sock EncyclopediaSeesock sock away Related to sock away: pull socks up verb Synonyms for sock away verb to place (money) in a bank Synonyms bank deposit lay away salt away
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verb to place (money) in a bank

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