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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It’s watching what people have tucked into their carry-ons: the foods that reveal where they’ve been or where they’re going.
From Salon ● Dec. 24, 2024
The play was reviewed, and Berhalter was ruled to have tucked his arm in enough that the deflection center of goal wasn’t a violation.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 8, 2023
Ask your favorite wine retailer to suggest something they might have tucked away on a lower shelf somewhere.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 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
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
