tuck : Idioms & Phrases


Nip and tuck

  • noun plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face; an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised
    face lift; lift; rhytidectomy; rhytidoplasty; facelift; face lifting; cosmetic surgery.
    • some actresses have more than one face lift
  • adjective satellite inconclusive as to outcome; close or just even in a race or comparison or competition
    neck and neck; head-to-head.
    • as they approached the finish line they were neck and neck
    • the election was a nip and tuck affair
  • adverb even or close in a race or competition or comparison
    neck and neck; head-to-head.
    • the horses ran neck and neck
    • he won nip and tuck
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  • a phrase signifying equality in a contest. Low, U.S.
Webster 1913

tuck away

  • verb eat up; usually refers to a considerable quantity of food
    tuck away; put away.
    • My son tucked in a whole pizza
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tuck box

  • noun a box for storing eatables (especially at boarding school)
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tuck in

  • verb eat up; usually refers to a considerable quantity of food
    tuck away; put away.
    • My son tucked in a whole pizza
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tuck shop

  • noun a candy store in Great Britain
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tuck-net

Tuck"-net` noun
Definitions
  1. See Tuck, n., 2.
Webster 1913

tummy tuck

  • noun cosmetic surgery of the abdomen to remove wrinkles and tighten the skin over the stomach
    abdominoplasty.
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