tuck away

verb

1. to eat (a large amount of food)

2. to store, esp in a place difficult to find

Idioms and Phrases

Eat heartily, as in He tucked away an enormous steak . [ Colloquial ; mid-1800s] Also see tuck into .

Hide, put in storage, as in She had several hundred dollars tucked away . [c. 1900]

Example Sentences

Even live, she often seemed tucked away on the side of the stage, her piano acting as a physical border between her and the rest of the action.

From Los Angeles Times

So he also lit up a temple tucked away in a storied north Kolkata neighbourhood.

From BBC

The piece was toward the bottom of the page, tucked away like dirty laundry.

From Los Angeles Times

The miniature Erewhon will be tucked away near cold plunge pools and a sauna at 120 Leroy Street in New York City, according to blueprints Fieg posted on Instagram.

From Los Angeles Times

Plant pots and fruit baskets sat on broken windowsills, a reminder of the families that until hours earlier had led their lives tucked away behind these walls.

From BBC

Related Words

• bury 
• camouflage 
• cover 
• disguise 
• hole up 
• mask 
• obscure 
• plant 
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• shelter 
• shield 
• smuggle 
• stash 
• suppress 
• withhold