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Tuck in   /tək ɪn/   Listen
Tuck in

verb
1.
Eat up; usually refers to a considerable quantity of food.  Synonyms: put away, tuck away.






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"Tuck in" Quotes from Famous Books



... put, lay, set, seat, station, lodge, quarter, post, install; house, stow; establish, fix, pin, root; graft; plant &c (insert) 300; shelve, pitch, camp, lay down, deposit, reposit^; cradle; moor, tether, picket; pack, tuck in; embed, imbed; vest, invest in. billet on, quarter upon, saddle with; load, lade, freight; pocket, put up, bag. inhabit &c (be present) 186; domesticate, colonize; take root, strike root; anchor; cast anchor, come to an anchor; sit down, settle down; ...
— Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Body • Roget

... were, lots of them," said Grace, stopping before a mirror to tuck in a stray lock that had come loose in the general confusion. "Only you and Betty were talking so hard and fast, you didn't hear us. Goodness, ...
— The Outdoor Girls in Army Service - Doing Their Bit for the Soldier Boys • Laura Lee Hope

... this pink frock will be big enough," exclaimed Ferdinand, drawing one out from underneath the others: "here is a great tuck in it, let us pull it out; that will make it a great piece longer." Saying these words, he was going to immediately to proceed to business, ...
— Domestic pleasures - or, the happy fire-side • F. B. Vaux

... a warning nudge as they fell behind the other two in the crowded pavement, "you ought to take a tuck in your smile. Everybody will be looking at us if you go along ...
— Miss Pat at Artemis Lodge • Pemberton Ginther



Words linked to "Tuck in" :   polish off, tuck away, finish, eat up, eat



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