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hike up en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To lift; to tug or pull upwards.
    • He hiked up his sagging trousers.
  2. (idiomatic, transitive) To raise or increase sharply; to hike.
    • They tried to make more money by putting lots of salt in the popcorn and hiking up the price of drinks.
  3. (idiomatic, intransitive, of clothing) To move upwards; to ride up.
    • He was wearing a maroon cashmere muffler which had hiked up on his neck, giving him next to no protection against the cold. 1955, J. D. Salinger, “Franny”, in Franny and Zooey, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, published 1991, →ISBN, page 4:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
hiking up Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
hiked up Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
hiked up Tense=Past lexicographic
hikes up Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Translations (4)

es arregazar ((transitive, idiomatic) To lift; to tug or pull upwards.) · pl podciągać ((transitive, idiomatic) To lift; to tug or pull upwards.) · es regazar ((transitive, idiomatic) To lift; to tug or pull upwards.) · pl podciągnąć ((transitive, idiomatic) To lift; to tug or pull upwards.)