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  • verb Present participle of untuck.

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Examples

  • I am pretty sure that I am in a very small minority here in that I am not a fan, at all, of the "untucking" "tradition" started by Mike Cameron a few years ago.

    Brew Crew Ball 2010

  • The casual banter that he acknowledged he missed was back, and for a moment, it was 1998 again, with Tino Martinez hitting a home run, and Jorge Posada playfully untucking Williams's shirt before Williams ran onfield for his introduction.

    Bernie Can't Quite Let It Go Daniel Barbarisi 2011

  • Far thinner than Shelton but not in much better shape, he puffed hard as they returned to the office building, his shirt enthusiastically untucking itself once again.

    Forgetfulness ISCARS 2010

  • Got this from that same soldier, Preacher Wil said, untucking the thimble-size charm from beneath his collar.

    Great Balls of Fire Loren Long 2008

  • When did women decide that untucking your shirt was stylish?

    Do you want your politicians to wear something more adventurous than a dark suit? Ann Althouse 2007

  • The usually primly professional “up” hair now hung nearly to her shoulders and some of it fell across her face as she reached for him, untucking his shirt and encountering gooseflesh.

    Again to Carthage Jr. John L. Parker 2007

  • Then, untucking the bullet from the pouch of my cheek, I swallow.

    VANISHING ACTS JODI PICOULT 2005

  • Then, untucking the bullet from the pouch of my cheek, I swallow.

    VANISHING ACTS JODI PICOULT 2005

  • Then turn back the corner of the top sheet and blanket in a diagonal fold deep enough to permit someone to insert herself or himself, as into a pocket, without untucking the bedding.

    HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005

  • Then turn back the corner of the top sheet and blanket in a diagonal fold deep enough to permit someone to insert herself or himself, as into a pocket, without untucking the bedding.

    HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005

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