stow away

stow away
stow away
to conceal oneself in a vehicle, originally a ship, in order to travel without paying. •

Don got to this country by stowing away on a cargo ship.

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{v.} 1. {informal} To pack or store away. * /After New Year's Day the Christmas decorations were stowed away until another season./ 2. To hide on a ship or another kind of transportation to get a free ride. * /John ran away from home and stowed away on a freighter going to Jamaica./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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