tuck in/tuck into sth
UK informal— phrasal verb with tuck uk/tʌk/us/tʌk/verb [ T usually + adv/prep ]
to start eating something eagerly:
Judging by the way they tucked into their dinner, they must have been very hungry.
There's plenty of food, so please tuck in.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Eating
- al desko
- ate
- binge
- binge eating
- bite
- consume
- feast
- feast on sth
- feeder
- feeding
- finish
- gorge
- pig out
- put sth away
- scarf
- scoff
- shovel sth into your mouth idiom
- stoke
- swallow
- tuck
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