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tuck away

verb

  1. to eat (a large amount of food)

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

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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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]

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She’s so tucked away, so deep in the canon of Marvel.

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"Most times people wouldn't know because it's tucked away in your gum and sometimes you can push it up so people really can't see it," he said.

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Once they arrived in Nouakchott they say they were placed in "safe houses" - a term used for buildings tucked away in obscure alleys where migrants are held illegally by smugglers.

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There were all those familiar landmarks and peaceful side streets tucked away in pockets of California you don’t often see on the big screen.

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In the aftermath of a global pandemic, three young brothers fend for themselves in an isolated home tucked away in a forest.

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