Usually means: Pull or gather into position.
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  1. tuck up: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. tuck up: Merriam-Webster
  3. tuck up: Wiktionary
  4. tuck up: Dictionary.com
  5. tuck up: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. tuck up: Encyclopedia

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  1. tuck up: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. tuck up: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. tuck up: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (tuck up)

verb:  (transitive) To pull the blankets or duvet up over (someone in bed); to put (someone) to bed.
verb:  (intransitive) To pull the blankets or duvet up over oneself in bed.
verb:  (transitive) To push the fabric at the bottom of a garment into itself or under another garment (especially trousers, skirt, dress etc.)
verb:  (transitive) To cheat, trick or scam (someone).
verb:  (intransitive, boxing) To protect one's face by covering it with the gloves
verb:  (intransitive) to bring one's legs and abdomen together while lying face-up on the floor; to perform a tuck-up
verb:  (transitive, slang, obsolete) To execute by hanging.

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