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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
tuck away en · VERB
Meanings
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(transitive) To save or hoard (something); to hide (something) in a safe spot; to squirrel away.
She's been tucking away cash for a rainy day.
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(intransitive) To be located in a remote, inaccessible or difficult-to-see spot.
The shop was tucked away behind a parking garage.
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(UK, slang, transitive) To eat or drink a lot of (something).
There was no limit on drinks, and the guy next to me tucked away a few G and Ts. I confined myself to a pleasant Brewdog Ale and a glass of slightly insipid wine.
2025 June 11, Christian Wolmar, “First Class delights with an occasional pang of hunger”, in RAIL, number 1037, page 34:
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