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PRONUNCIATION OF TUCK AWAY

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TUCK AWAY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Tuck away is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

WHAT DOES TUCK AWAY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of tuck away in the English dictionary

The definition of tuck away in the dictionary is to eat. Other definition of tuck away is to store, esp in a place difficult to find.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TUCK AWAY

tubulously
tubulure
TUC
Tucana
Tucanae
tuchun
tuck
tuck in
tuck shop
tuck-in
tuckahoe
tuckbox
tucker
tucker-bag
tuckerbox
tuckered out
tucket
tucotuco
Tucson
tucutucu

WORDS THAT END LIKE TUCK AWAY

away
blow away
come away
far and away
from away
get away
give away
give the game away
go away
have it away
keep away
once and away
out and away
put away
right away
run away
straight away
take away
turn away
walk away
while away

Synonyms and antonyms of tuck away in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «tuck away» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TUCK AWAY

Find out the translation of tuck away to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of tuck away from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «tuck away» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

弄走
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

tuck lejos
570 millions of speakers

English

tuck away
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

टक दूर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الثنية بعيدا
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

живота от
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

tuck afastado
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

তাপ্পি দূরে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

tuck loin
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tuck away
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

tuck entfernt
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

タックアウェイ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

정력 거리
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tuck away
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

gài đi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அப்புறம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

टक लावून
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Sıkışmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tuck via
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

schować
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

живота від
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Tuck departe
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πιέτα μακριά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

snoepie weg
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

stoppa undan
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

gjemmes
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of tuck away

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TUCK AWAY»

The term «tuck away» is quite widely used and occupies the 54.599 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TUCK AWAY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about tuck away

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TUCK AWAY»

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Army Ballads: And Other Verses
Child of a callous calling — Waif of a willful day; I heard him murmur beneath his breath — "Tuck away — little dreams — tuck away." The loom and lathe and ledger — Pencil and square and drill — They saw his pain and they laughed again ...
Erwin Clarkson Garrett, 1916
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A Grammar and Dictionary of Zaiwa (2 Vols.)
252 Myo31 dik1 r55, got1 zo31 gvyop5 syang55. much(ipf) extreme PE scoop(vt) eat(ipf) tuck.away JUS It's very much, let's (ND.IN) indulge ourselves. Zaiwa also has an ideophone <gvyop1gvyop1> [tuck.away] which clearly is derived from ...
Anton Lustig, 2010
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The Trouble with Tuck: The Inspiring Story of a Dog Who ...
... and added that to my treasury. There'd now be plenty for food until we reached Uncle Ray's. Then I packed a lunch. Not once did I think about doing anything wrong. My goal was to take Tuck away from danger, and nothing else mattered.
Theodore Taylor, 2009
4
The Dyak Chief, and Other Verses
TUCK AWAY — LITTLE DREAMS His nose was pressed to the grindstone — His shoulders bent to the wheel, One of the numbered millions That bore no right to feel. Child of a callous calling — Waif of a wilful day; I heard him murmur beneath  ...
Erwin Clarkson Garrett, 1914
5
Hindi Kriya Kosh
($L/fa<fR_it/ - ) to have #ff vsrf khos put/ to put or to have rakhna /perf. tucked/ to tuck away (money...) in (a book...) /quite some time before/ li. (/3n^/<*rft?r_ /3m^ teif/ t^^tt1 khos ~ ) to tuck (one's shirt...) lena / perf. in (one's pants...) 12. C^_ /3T^  ...
Helmut Nesiptaal, 2008
6
Son of Blue Feather
Your tuck-away will save you.“ Of course, Henry reacted with offense when she, in those first months of marriage had been unable to keep the secret of the tuck- away purse from him. He misunderstood from the beginning, thinking the money  ...
Lois Coleman Nelson, 2006
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Amharic-English dictionary: H - N.
... have a roof repaired as above htfl»m assaggwata to help to tuck under, tuck away, to help to repair as above hlftW-m assagwaggwata = assaggwata if 7»T '□ saggwatt adarraga to insert, put or tuck in s.th. inside another so that it will remain , ...
Thomas Leiper Kane, 1990
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Concise Oxford Spanish Dictionary: ...
... 0/ se lleva por dentro (de la falda) ' tuck away B [v > o > adv, v > adv > o] (eat) ( colloq) zamparse (fam), pulirse (fam), mandarse (AmL fam) B [v > o > adv] (put away) guardar; the house is wed away at the foot of the hill la casa está enclavada ...
Carol Styles Carvajal, Jane Horwood, Nicholas Rollin, 2004
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The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms, Second Edition
[Late 1800s] tube ➧ See down the tubes. tuck ➧ In addition to the idioms beginning with tuck, also see nip and tuck. tuck away 1. Eat heartily, as in He tucked away an enormous steak. [Colloquial; mid-1800s] Also see tuck into. 2. Hide, put in ...
Christine Ammer, 2013
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Heinemann English Dictionary
Phrases tuck away to hide: a cottage tucked away in the forest, tuck in, tuck into to eat heartily. • tuck noun 1 Needlework a fold in cloth that is stitched into place. 2 ( informal) an operation to remove fat: a tummy tuck. 3 (informal) food eaten as a ...
‎2001

4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TUCK AWAY»

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Kenya Moore the 'RHOA' Star Stops by 'The Real' on Tuesday
Meanwhile, on GIRL CHAT: Secret Savings Accounts a.k.a “Tuck Away Money”… The hosts discuss being prepared for a dramatic split from a significant other ... «Eurweb.com, Nov 14»
2
Free agency 2014: Raiders hopeful they can sign Justin Tuck away
After a lengthy meeting and dinner with Giants defensive end Justin Tuck, the Raiders came away hopeful that a deal could get done, and that this wasn't just a ... «The Star-Ledger, Mar 14»
3
Bell: NFL can finally tuck away horrible rule
It's possible even the most ardent follower of pro football had no clue there was something called the "Tuck Rule" when Oakland Raiders cornerback Charles ... «USA TODAY, Mar 13»
4
Cop series lets actor tuck away old role
“They're waving at me for Nip/Tuck, not Unforgettable. That's why I took another series so fast. I want to put it behind me. I need to get Sean . . . out of my system.”. «Columbus Dispatch, Nov 11»

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