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Meanings of tucking in English
Usage of tucking in English
1
Eva's tucking it in at the corners and I want to help.
2
They were probably tucking in long before the plane hit the snow.
3
It was a kind of lullaby she used when tucking me in.
4
Lieutenant Borman immediately folded his arms, tucking his hands under his armpits.
5
To prevent the tucking up of petticoats has become with him obsession.
6
They're an organizational tool, a way of labeling and tucking away shortcuts.
7
High winds and frosty nights prompted to careful covering and tucking away.
8
I was tucking in my shirt after taking off the recording equipment.
9
Cochrane chortled delightedly at the sight of Franklin tucking his shirt in.
10
And tucking up this brass omnivorous hoofed mammal, reminder of swine everywhere.
11
He had already surrendered her prayer-book, tucking it gently under her arm.
12
Emma laughed, tucking her own red shirt into Sutton's mesh Adidas shorts.
13
And the daemon Edward Kelley, furtively tucking something into the Voynich's cover.
14
He barely looked at it before tucking it into a deep saddlebag.
15
Removing his gloves and tucking them behind his belt, he opened it.
16
She settled down on the sofa, tucking her feet up underneath her.
About this term
Frequent collocations
Tucking through the time
Tucking across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common