untuck


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un·tuck

 (ŭn-tŭk′)
v. un·tucked, un·tuck·ing, un·tucks
v.tr.
To undo a tuck or tucks in; free from a tuck or fold: I untucked my shirt.
v.intr.
To undo a tuck or tucks.
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untuck

(ʌnˈtʌk)
vb
to become or cause to become loose or not tucked in: to untuck the blankets.
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untuck


Past participle: untucked
Gerund: untucking

Imperative
untuck
untuck
Present
I untuck
you untuck
he/she/it untucks
we untuck
you untuck
they untuck
Preterite
I untucked
you untucked
he/she/it untucked
we untucked
you untucked
they untucked
Present Continuous
I am untucking
you are untucking
he/she/it is untucking
we are untucking
you are untucking
they are untucking
Present Perfect
I have untucked
you have untucked
he/she/it has untucked
we have untucked
you have untucked
they have untucked
Past Continuous
I was untucking
you were untucking
he/she/it was untucking
we were untucking
you were untucking
they were untucking
Past Perfect
I had untucked
you had untucked
he/she/it had untucked
we had untucked
you had untucked
they had untucked
Future
I will untuck
you will untuck
he/she/it will untuck
we will untuck
you will untuck
they will untuck
Future Perfect
I will have untucked
you will have untucked
he/she/it will have untucked
we will have untucked
you will have untucked
they will have untucked
Future Continuous
I will be untucking
you will be untucking
he/she/it will be untucking
we will be untucking
you will be untucking
they will be untucking
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been untucking
you have been untucking
he/she/it has been untucking
we have been untucking
you have been untucking
they have been untucking
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been untucking
you will have been untucking
he/she/it will have been untucking
we will have been untucking
you will have been untucking
they will have been untucking
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been untucking
you had been untucking
he/she/it had been untucking
we had been untucking
you had been untucking
they had been untucking
Conditional
I would untuck
you would untuck
he/she/it would untuck
we would untuck
you would untuck
they would untuck
Past Conditional
I would have untucked
you would have untucked
he/she/it would have untucked
we would have untucked
you would have untucked
they would have untucked
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
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'The old gentleman untucked his arm from his side, and having pointed to one of the oaken presses, immediately replaced it, in its old position.
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Her focus on fit and function enabled additional touches including water resistant materials, active wear fabrics, longer shirt tails that don't untuck from skirts and trousers, and flexible textiles that move with the body.
Story, who was 26 at the time, claimed Pincher poured him a whisky and became "unusually tactile", massaging his neck and trying to untuck his shirt, while saying: "You will go far in the Conservative Party."
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"We would go for drinks after work and a lot of these guys would untuck their shirts and they'd literally hang to their knees," he says.
Osman started to untuck his shirt from his trousers and three dock officers struggled to control him.
Also just as these pupils are walking past your house they might just untuck their shirts because they will have had it like that all day and it will feel more comfortable.
We've become trained to show up hours earlier to airports and to shuffle passively through security checkpoints, to unbuckle our pants and untuck our shirts, to hold our feet up in the air while agents wave wands over our shoes, to surrender nail clippers at the gate or just travel without them, to grin and bear it while Grandma's walker gets the once-over.
Soon after we left Cairo, a young man dressed in Western-style clothes suddenly removed his shirt to reveal a traditional caftan beneath, which he proceeded to untuck copiously from his trousers, which in turn he removed.
The nuns relaxed all rules of etiquette that day, allowing us to untuck our shirts, unfasten a few more buttons, construct paper fans, take regular trips to the drinking fountain down the hall.
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