Antonyms for tuck away

Grammar : Verb

Spell : tuhk

Phonetic Transcription : tʌk

Definition of tuck away

Origin : late 14c., "to pull or gather up," earlier "to pluck, stretch" (late 13c., implied in tucker), probably from Middle Low German or Middle Dutch tucken "pull up, draw up, tug" (cognate with Old English tucian "mistreat, torment," and related to Old English togian "to pull," German zucken; see tow). Sense of "thrust into a snug place" is first recorded 1580s. Slang meaning "to consume, swallow" is recorded from 1784. The noun is first attested late 14c.

As in stash : verb hide
As in conceal : verb hide, disguise
As in hide : verb conceal; remain unseen

Example sentences :

There was not even a book for her to replace, or a plaque to tuck away.
Extract from : « The Silver Poppy » by Arthur Stringer

But Ben went in for show, an' he added to an' tuck away till the day of his death.
Extract from : « Dixie Hart » by Will N. Harben

Have a good time and tuck away all you see to tell me later.
Extract from : « How It Happened » by Kate Langley Bosher

"For a few days—yes," he repeated, half absently, as he tried to tuck away a hanging end.
Extract from : « Mitchelhurst Place, Vol. I (of 2) » by Margaret Veley

Faix, but had Oona been tuck away tonight wid that vag o' the world, it's not laughin' you'd be.
Extract from : « Fardorougha, The Miser » by William Carleton

I told her her pa'd ordered hit to be tuck away before dark.
Extract from : « The Tobacco Tiller » by Sarah Bell Hackley

Your mother needn't worry about your continuing to exist as long as you can tuck away fat, salt pork in that fashion.'
Extract from : « The Golden Road » by Lucy Maud Montgomery

People without berths, but with a chair and a rug from the head steward, began now to tuck away.
Extract from : « The U-boat hunters » by James B. Connolly

But at the same time, apparently, he was finding it hard to tuck away a small smile of triumph.
Extract from : « The Prairie Child » by Arthur Stringer

This combination will tuck away in a canvas case about nine inches in diameter and nine high.
Extract from : « Camp and Trail » by Stewart Edward White

Synonyms for tuck away

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