tuck away

verb

To save or hoard (something); to hide (something) in a safe spot; to squirrel away.

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

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Meanings

verbtuck away (third-person singular simple present tucks away, present participle tucking away, simple past and past participle tucked away)

present singular third person tucks away · participle present tucking away · participle past tucked away · past tucked away

  1. transitiveTo save or hoard (something); to hide (something) in a safe spot; to squirrel away.

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

  2. intransitiveTo be located in a remote, inaccessible or difficult-to-see spot.

    The shop was tucked away behind a parking garage.

  3. UKslangtransitiveTo eat or drink a lot of (something).

    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.

    2025 June 11, Christian Wolmar, “First Class delights with an occasional pang of hunger”, in RAIL, number 1037, page 34

Synonyms & antonyms

verbeat up; usually refers to a considerable quantity of food

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eat upfinishpolish off
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put awaytuck in

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Cite this entry
APA

tuck away. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tuck%20away

MLA

“tuck away.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tuck%20away. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tuck away,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tuck%20away.

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