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hikes up

hikes up is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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

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What is hikes up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Hikes up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hike up.

Words near hikes up in the dictionary

  1. hiker's rash
  2. hikers
  3. hikes
  4. hikes out
  5. hikes the Appalachian Trail
  6. hikes up
  7. hiki
  8. hikikomori
  9. hikikomoris
  10. hiking
  11. hiking boot

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