Meaning of tuck away | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To save or hoard (something); to hide (something) in a safe spot; to squirrel away.
   transitive
2. To be located in a remote, inaccessible or difficult-to-see spot.
   intransitive
3. To eat or drink a lot of (something).
   UK, slang, transitive

Examples

“She's been tucking away cash for a rainy day.”

“The shop was tucked away behind a parking garage.”

“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.”

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