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1 tuck in
1. transitive verb2. intransitive verbtuck your shirt in! — steck dein Hemd in die Hose!
(coll.) zulangen (ugs.)* * *1) (to gather bedclothes etc closely round: I said goodnight and tucked him in.) warm zudecken2) (to eat greedily or with enjoyment: They sat down to breakfast and started to tuck in straight away.) hineinhauen* * *◆ tuck inI. vt1. (fold)▪ to \tuck in in ⇆ sth etw hineinsteckento \tuck in in one's shirt sein Hemd in die Hose stecken2. (put to bed)▪ to \tuck in in ⇆ sb jdn zudeckento \tuck in in ⇆ one's tummy seinen Bauch einziehenthere's plenty of food so please \tuck in in! es ist genug Essen da, also bitte langt zu!* * *1. vi (Brit inf)zulangen, reinhauen (inf)tuck in! — langt zu!, haut rein! (inf)
to tuck into sth — sich (dat) etw schmecken lassen
2. vt septo tuck one's shirt in(to) one's trousers, to tuck one's shirt in — das Hemd in die Hose stecken
2)to tuck sb into bed — jdn ins Bett stecken
* * *1. transitive verb 2. intransitive verb(coll.) zulangen (ugs.)