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tuck in

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Etymology 1

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See tuck (1).

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tuck in (third-person singular simple present tucks in, present participle tucking in, simple past and past participle tucked in)

  1. (transitive) To pull the blankets or duvet up over (someone in bed); to put (someone) to bed.
    She tucked in her young son and turned out the light.
  2. (intransitive) To pull the blankets or duvet up over oneself; to get in bed.
    • 2004, Intelligent Systems, translated by Nintendo of America, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Nintendo, GameCube:
      Life on the island feels great! When the sun rises, I wakey-wakey, and when it sets, I tuck in fer snoozer-time! Perfect fer a simple bloke like me, right?
    • 2025 February 27, @PhanTom_X777X, Twitter‎[1]:
      Always my man, always. Have a peaceful night when you tuck in.
  3. (transitive) To push (the fabric at the bottom of a shirt) under the pants.
  4. (finance) To acquire something tiny
  5. (transitive, soccer) To score from with a casual motion
    • 2011 September 24, Arindam Rej, “Liverpool 2 - 1 Wolverhampton”, in BBC Sport‎[2]:
      And although Steven Fletcher cut the deficit for Wolves, tucking in Stephen Hunt's cross, the home side held on.
  6. To place in a small space.
    "Tuck it in that corner."
    • 1960 December, “The Glasgow Suburban Electrification is opened”, in Trains Illustrated, page 715:
      Since then we have had the opportunity to travel in them and were much impressed by the internal styling and comfort of the seating (with the minor exception of the single seats which have been tucked in longitudinally alongside some of the entrance vestibules and which are so cramped that only the slimmest of female figures could be comfortable in them; the space they occupy would have been better utilised to increase standing room).
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Etymology 2

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See tuck (4).

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tuck in (third-person singular simple present tucks in, present participle tucking in, simple past and past participle tucked in)

  1. (intransitive) To eat heartily.
    Tuck in, before the food goes cold.
    • 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 74:
      Still, he tucked in handsomely to bacon and tomato on fried bread, felicitating himself on the considered wisdom of his arrival in the character of guest to Bradly.
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