"tuck away" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: tucks away [present, singular, third-person], tucking away [participle, present], tucked away [participle, past], tucked away [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} tuck away (third-person singular simple present tucks away, present participle tucking away, simple past and past participle tucked away)
  1. (transitive) To save or hoard (something); to hide (something) in a safe spot; to squirrel away. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-tuck_away-en-verb-0Zl4UxOM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (away) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 31 12 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (away): 57 27 16
  2. (intransitive) To be located in a remote, inaccessible or difficult-to-see spot. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-tuck_away-en-verb-1Xp9zyvQ
  3. (transitive, UK, slang) To eat a lot of (something). Tags: UK, slang, transitive
    Sense id: en-tuck_away-en-verb-qz5hbx7W Categories (other): British English

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for tuck away meaning in English (1.9kB)

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