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be tucked away

Phrasal Verb with tuck
 
 
/tʌk/ verb

Definition

to be in a place that is hidden, or in a place that few people go to: He lives in a cottage tucked away in the Suffolk countryside.
(Definition of be tucked away from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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