tuck into
verb1
To eat, especially with gusto.
- If you'll just let little Wackford tuck into something fat, I'll be obliged to you.1839, Charles Dickens, chapter 39, in Nicholas Nickleby:
- Well-heeled tourists tuck into French cuisine at Cardin's elegant new Maxim's de Pékin.1983 November 28, Pico Iyer, “Battling "Spiritual Pollution"”, in Time:
2
To place or secure someone or something into a snug location, with items being pushed, folded, or concealed in a tight space.
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