tuck away
Britishverb
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to eat (a large amount of food)
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to store, esp in a place difficult to find
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Eat heartily, as in He tucked away an enormous steak . [ Colloquial ; mid-1800s] Also see tuck into .
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Hide, put in storage, as in She had several hundred dollars tucked away . [c. 1900]
Example Sentences
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The backyard trees shade and encircle it, keep it tucked away.
From Literature
It’s tucked away at the end of a tiny long-ago-closed road that follows the curve of the south side of the lake.
From Literature
It had been tucked away in a museum drawer for decades as it was thought to have been an unremarkable specimen.
From BBC
Located in lower Laurel Canyon, the three-bedroom estate is tucked away in an exclusive enclave at the base of Mount Olympus.
From MarketWatch
You'll likely know them by now, tucked away in the Arctic fjords, where the winds sweep down off snow-capped mountains and fans wear jumpers as woolly as their scarves.
From BBC
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