to eat food with enthusiasm because you like it or because you are hungry
to put a child into bed and make sure that they are warm and comfortable by covering them well
to put the end of something such as a piece of clothing under or behind another piece in order to make it tidy
Everybody tuck in before it gets cold!
I’ll be upstairs soon to tuck you in.
Then he took a moment to compose himself, run his hand down his sweat-soaked shirt, tuck in the anger and humiliation.
You can wear it loose or tucked in with a belt.
`A ship could tuck in behind the island and be protected from the North Sea.
`The teacher forgot to tuck in the ends when she shoved me on stage, quaking with fright.
`There you are, me dears, just you tuck in and don't mind your manners for me.
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There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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