tuck out
C1 neutral separable transitive
In simple words
To pull your shirt out of your trousers so it hangs freely.
Literal meaning: To move something that was tucked (folded in) back outward.
Meanings
1 C1 neutral
To pull the tucked-in part of a garment (especially a shirt) out so that it hangs loose over a waistband.
"He tucked his shirt out as soon as he left the office."
Grammar: separable
2 C1
idiomatic
informal
(dialectal, informal) To exhaust or tire someone out completely — variant of 'tucker out'.
"That long hike really tucked me out."
Grammar: separable
Usage notes
Relatively rare; most speakers say 'untuck' instead. Heard in casual conversation but seldom written. Some speakers also use it dialectally to mean 'tire out', overlapping with 'tucker out'.
Commonly used with
shirt blouse hem waistband untuck
Forms
Base
tuck out
I/you/we/they
3rd person
tucks out
he/she/it
Past simple
tucked out
yesterday
Past participle
tucked out
have + pp
-ing form
tucking out
continuous
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