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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To lean in to the spa vibe, workers tuck away the medical supplies typically in the room.
Last year, she starred in “Lamento,” a musical short film made inside an abandoned Guatemalan beach resort; once a popular seaside destination known as Turicentro Likin, it is now tucked away behind the mangroves.
From Los Angeles Times
Wednesday's news conference took place at Dutch Hall, a converted 16th-century church tucked away in the heart of the city.
From BBC
Instead they are tucked away in the financing section of the cash-flow statement.
This one was tucked away in an area where private jets and small puddle jumpers landed and took off.
From Literature
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