retucking

Repositioning bedsheet edges

Retucking is the act of tucking something again—restoring it to a tucked position after it has come loose.

Most often applied to bedsheets that have pulled free She got up to use the bathroom and spent a minute retucking the covers or to shirts that have escaped waistbands He was constantly retucking his shirt throughout the interview.

bedding

sheets

Flat expanses of material

mattress · hospital corners · bedmaking · pillows · linens · coverlet · bedspread · fitted sheet · flat sheet · sleeptime

clothing

shirt

Upper body garment

belt · pants · skirt · uniform · dress shirt · fitted · smoothing · neatening · adjusting · presentation

childcare

bedtime

Designated hour for retiring

coziness · soothing · parenting · security · warmth · snuggling · settling · reassurance · restlessness · covers

Opposites
action direction

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Removing from confinement

pulling out · loosening · unfurling · releasing · freeing

Family

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G