untucking

Releasing from waistband

Untucking is pulling something out from where it was tucked in.

You untuck a shirt from your waistband, untuck sheets from under a mattress, or untuck your legs from beneath you.

She untucked her blouse and kicked off her heels.

clothing

shirttail

Bottom of a button-up

dress shirt · jersey · undershirt · fabric · garment · pulling out · loosening · freeing · releasing · unfastening

disheveled

rumpled

Crinkled from neglect

sloppy · mussed · disarranged · tousled · crumpled · untidy · slovenly · bedraggled · frayed · coming undone

relaxation

unwinding

Releasing coiled tension

decompressing · letting go · easing up · freedom · relief · release · unburdening · off-duty · after work · casual Friday

readjustment

retucking

Tucking in again

smoothing · pulling · repositioning · fixing · tidying · primping · preening · dress code · inspection · uniform

bedding

sheets

Flat expanses of material

linens · bedclothes · comforter · quilt · fitted sheet · mattress · hospital corners · making bed · turning down · sleeping

Opposites
fabric/clothing arrangement

untuckingtucking

Pushing snugly beneath

tucking in · folding in · neatening · making the bed · securing

Family

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Familiarity
Top 200,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G