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Tuck in   /tək ɪn/   Listen
Tuck in

verb
1.
Eat up; usually refers to a considerable quantity of food.  Synonyms: put away, tuck away.






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"Tuck in" Quotes from Famous Books



... the food is concerned it has," answered the boy, regarding the good things heaped before him with a loving eye. "I say, Win, do let us have a tuck in at this souffle here; we shall never see it after to-night, and it is such ...
— Aunt Judith - The Story of a Loving Life • Grace Beaumont

... want the whole blanket, youngster? Snuggle into your cradle closer," suddenly answered me my Gouverneur Faulkner as he reached his long arm across the tree trunk to tuck in the blanket about me and again he was immediately in the deep sleep from which my spoken words had but partly awakened him. And then at his bidding I did settle myself down into the fragrant boughs and I wept myself also ...
— The Daredevil • Maria Thompson Daviess



Words linked to "Tuck in" :   eat up, put away, tuck away, polish off, finish, eat



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