to tuck sb into bed
1tuck in — {v. phr.} To place the covers carefully around the person (usually a child) in bed. * /When I was a child, my mother used to tuck me into bed every night./ …
2tuck in — {v. phr.} To place the covers carefully around the person (usually a child) in bed. * /When I was a child, my mother used to tuck me into bed every night./ …
3tuck\ in — v. phr. To place the covers carefully around the person (usually a child) in bed. When I was a child, my mother used to tuck me into bed every night …
4tuck — ► VERB 1) push, fold, or turn under or between two surfaces. 2) draw (part of one s body) together into a small space. 3) (often tuck away) store in a secure or secret place. 4) (tuck in/up) settle (someone) in bed by pulling the edges of the… …
5tuck — tuck1 [tʌk] v [Date: 1400 1500; Origin: tuck to stretch cloth over hooks, pull (13 19 centuries), from Old English tucian to treat badly, punish, criticize angrily ] 1.) [T always + adverb/preposition] to push something, especially the edge of a… …
6tuck — 1 verb 1 (transitive always + adv/prep) to push the edge of a piece of cloth or paper into something so that it looks tidier or stays in place: tuck sth into/under: Nick was tucking his shirt into his trousers when she walked in. 2 (transitive… …
7tuck — tuck1 [ tʌk ] verb transitive ** 1. ) tuck something behind/into/under something to put something in a particular place, especially in order to keep it safe or hidden: He had a newspaper tucked under his arm. She took off her glasses and tucked… …
8tuck — tuck1 /tuk/, v.t. 1. to put into a small, close, or concealing place: Tuck the money into your wallet. 2. to thrust in the loose end or edge of (a garment, covering, etc.) so as to hold closely in place (usually fol. by in, up, under, etc.): Tuck …
9tuck into — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms tuck into : present tense I/you/we/they tuck into he/she/it tucks into present participle tucking into past tense tucked into past participle tucked into 1) tuck someone into something to put a child into bed… …
10tuck — v. (d; tr.) to tuck into (to tuck a child into bed; he tucked his shirt into his trousers) * * * [tʌk] (d; tr.) to tuck into (to tuck a child into bed; he tucked his shirt into his trousers) …