tuck in

1. 1.

   eat up; usually refers to a considerable quantity of food

   “My son tucked in a whole pizza”

   Synonymstuck awayput away

   Broadereat up

Questions about tuck in

What does tuck in mean?

tuck in means "eat up; usually refers to a considerable quantity of food".

What is another word for tuck in?

Close synonyms include tuck away, put away. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is tuck in a common word?

tuck in is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.