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hiked up

hiked up is the simple past and past participle of hike up.

Meaning of hike up

Verb

hike up (third-person singular simple present hikes up, present participle hiking up, simple past and past participle hiked up)

  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) 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

Questions about hiked up

What is hiked up the simple past and past participle of?
Hiked up is the simple past and past participle of hike up.

Words near hiked up in the dictionary

  1. hikeathon
  2. hikeathons
  3. hiked
  4. hiked out
  5. hiked the Appalachian Trail
  6. hiked up
  7. hiker
  8. hiker's rash
  9. hikers
  10. hikes
  11. hikes out

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