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tuck something up

to raise up some part of one's clothing and attach it temporarily. She tucked her skirt up and waded through the flooded basement. She tucked up her skirt.

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Cornelius had made use of the intervening moments to take off the man's coat, and to tuck up his shirt sleeve. The Black Tulip by Dumas, Alexandre View in context Tuck up your gown and go through them without touching anything, or you will die instantly. The Arabian Nights by Lang, Andrew View in context Him also it loved because on occasions of stress he was used to tuck up his cassock and charge with the rest into the merriest of the fray, where he always found, good man, that the saints sent him a revolver when there was a fallen private to be protected, or - but this came as an afterthought his own gray head to be guarded. The Mutiny of the Mavericks by Kipling, Rudyard View in context			try for try for size try hand try hand at try it on try luck Try me try on try on with try out try out on try patience try the patience of try to catch you some other time try wings trying tub tub of lard tub-thumping tube tuck tuck around tuck away tuck in tuck into tuck up tucked away tucker tucker out tuckered out tug tug at tug at heartstrings tug away tumble tumble along tumble down tumble from tumble into tumble into bed tumble out of tumble over tune tune in tune out tune up tuned in tunnel tunnel through tunnel under tunnel vision			tuck tuck tuck tuck tuck and pat pointing tuck and pat pointing tuck around tuck away tuck away tuck away tuck box Tuck comb dolls tuck in tuck in tuck in Tuck In Acquisition Tuck In Acquisitions tuck into tuck into tuck into tuck joint pointing tuck joint pointing Tuck pointing Tuck pointing tuck position tuck position tuck positions tuck positions tuck shop Tuck shops tuck up Tuck, Friar tuck-and-pat pointing tuck-in tuck-in Tuck-In Acquisition Tuck-In Acquisitions tuck-ins tuck-ins Tuck-net tuck-point tuck-pointed tuck-pointing tuck-points tuck-shop tuckahoe Tuckahoe (disambiguation) Tuckahoe State Park Tuckahoe Village Civic Association Tuckahoe Village West Recreation Association Tuckahoe Volunteer Rescue Squad tuckahoes Tuckals Tuckaseigee Water and Sewer Authority Tuckasiegee Tuckasiegee Tuckasiegee tucked tucked tucked tucked away

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