tuck away — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms tuck away : present tense I/you/we/they tuck away he/she/it tucks away present participle tucking away past tense tucked away past participle tucked away 1) to put something in a place where it is not easy to… … English dictionary
tuck away — verb eat up; usually refers to a considerable quantity of food My son tucked in a whole pizza • Syn: ↑tuck in, ↑put away • Hypernyms: ↑eat up, ↑finish, ↑polish off • … Useful english dictionary
tuck away — hide away, conceal; eat a lot, gobble up food … English contemporary dictionary
tuck away — /under to kill or inter Describing natural or unnatural death, with imagery from bedtime: He was going to be quietly tucked away in earth at the frontier station after dark. (G. Greene, 1932) After me poor old man was tucked… … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
Tuck away — 1. imprison; 2. store, save; 3. eat or drink heartily or greedily … Dictionary of Australian slang
tuck away — Australian Slang 1. imprison; 2. store, save; 3. eat or drink heartily or greedily … English dialects glossary
tuck-away — … Useful english dictionary
tuck — tuck1 [tuk] vt. [ME tuken < MDu tucken, to tuck & OE tucian, to ill treat, lit., to tug, akin to Ger zucken, to jerk: for IE base see TUG] 1. to pull up or gather up in a fold or folds; draw together so as to make shorter [to tuck up one s… … English World dictionary
tuck — ► VERB 1) push, fold, or turn under or between two surfaces. 2) draw (part of one s body) together into a small space. 3) (often tuck away) store in a secure or secret place. 4) (tuck in/up) settle (someone) in bed by pulling the edges of the… … English terms dictionary
tuck — tuck1 [tʌk] v [Date: 1400 1500; Origin: tuck to stretch cloth over hooks, pull (13 19 centuries), from Old English tucian to treat badly, punish, criticize angrily ] 1.) [T always + adverb/preposition] to push something, especially the edge of a… … Dictionary of contemporary English
