tuck up
To make someone cosy in bed by pulling the blankets around them tightly, or to pull your legs up close to your body.
Meanings
(British) To make someone, especially a child, warm and comfortable in bed by pulling covers snugly around them.
"Grandma tucked the twins up and read them a story."
To draw one's legs up close to the body while lying or sitting.
"She tucked her legs up under her and settled into the armchair with a book."
(British, informal, passive) To be safely settled or hidden away somewhere comfortable.
"They were all tucked up at home while the storm raged outside."
Chiefly British English. 'Tuck up in bed' is a very common collocation. Can also be used reflexively ('tuck yourself up'). In the body-position sense, it is intransitive.
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