Green’s Dictionary of Slang

tucked away adj.

also tucked in, tucked under

dead and buried.

[Ire]C.J. Lever Davenport Dunn 215: ‘He is dead, poor fellow,’ said Conway, gravely. ‘I expected to have met you at his funeral.’ ‘So I should have been [...] but as in seeing old Paul “tucked in” they might have nabbed me.’.
[Aus]C.J. Dennis ‘Introduction’ in Moods of Ginger Mick x: Whenever some sich bloke as ’im wus tucked away fer good / I’d chalk them words above ’is ’ead: ‘’E never understood.’.
[US]E. Pound letter Apr. in Paige (1971) 256: Why the hell don’t you have a bit of real fun before you get tucked under?