tuck away
vb (tr, adverb) Informal
1. to eat (a large amount of food)
2. to store, esp in a place difficult to find
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Verb | 1. |  tuck away - eat up; usually refers to a considerable quantity of food; "My son tucked in a whole pizza"eat up, polish off, finish - finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table; "She polished off the remaining potatoes" |
Translations
? tuck away
vt sep
(= hide) → wegstecken; he tucked it away in his pocket → er steckte es in die Tasche; the hut is tucked away among the trees → die Hütte liegt versteckt zwischen den Bäumen
(inf, = eat) he can certainly tuck it away! → er kann ganz schön was wegputzen (inf); I can’t think where he tucks it all away → ich weiß nicht, wo er das alles lässt (inf)
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