tuck
verb (used with object)
to put into a small, close, or concealing place.
have tucked
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present perfectof tuck.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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More than 75 syndicated cartoonists have tucked tributes, Easter eggs and references to “Peanuts” in Saturday’s funny papers to honor the creator of Charlie Brown, Snoopy and company.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 22, 2022
They are instead just a really cheerful thing to have tucked in the fridge for after dinner tonight, made idiot proof thanks to store bought puff pastry.
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2021
And then she would have tucked the idea away, maybe, to make use of at a later date, perhaps, in yet another one-of-a-kind of novel.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 8, 2019
A decade ago, it would have been fairly easy: Womack sits on the House Appropriations Committee, where he could have tucked a provision into a major spending bill to lock in the money.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 16, 2018
She must have tucked it away there before the war, suspecting perhaps that there would not be any more for a while.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
