"tuck into" meaning in English

See tuck into in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: tucks into [present, singular, third-person], tucking into [participle, present], tucked into [participle, past], tucked into [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} tuck into (third-person singular simple present tucks into, present participle tucking into, simple past and past participle tucked into)
  1. (transitive) To eat, especially with gusto. Tags: transitive Related terms: tuck in

Inflected forms

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    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "form": "tucked into",
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        {
          "ref": "1839, Charles Dickens, chapter 39, in Nicholas Nickleby:",
          "text": "If you'll just let little Wackford tuck into something fat, I'll be obliged to you.",
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        {
          "ref": "1983 November 28, Pico Iyer, “Battling \"Spiritual Pollution\"”, in Time:",
          "text": "Well-heeled tourists tuck into French cuisine at Cardin's elegant new Maxim's de Pékin.",
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        "To eat, especially with gusto."
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          "eat",
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          "gusto"
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        "(transitive) To eat, especially with gusto."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
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    }
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  "word": "tuck into"
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      "form": "tucks into",
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        "participle",
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    {
      "form": "tucked into",
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        "participle",
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    },
    {
      "form": "tucked into",
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          "ref": "1983 November 28, Pico Iyer, “Battling \"Spiritual Pollution\"”, in Time:",
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          "gusto"
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        "(transitive) To eat, especially with gusto."
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