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Meaning of tuck away | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

tuck in tuck into tuck out tuck up tucked tucked away

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