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HITCH UP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hitch up mean? 

HITCH UP (verb)
  The verb HITCH UP has 1 sense:

1. pull upplay

  Familiarity information: HITCH UP used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HITCH UP (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Pull up

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

hike up; hitch up

Context example:

He hitched up his socks and pants

Hypernyms (to "hitch up" is one way to...):

pull (apply force so as to cause motion towards the source of the motion)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something


 Context examples 


Won't you just hitch up alongside of me and let us go down the long road together, driving in double harness?

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)



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