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hitch up

hitch up verb: to fasten up.

Verb

hitch up (third-person singular simple present hitches up, present participle hitching up, simple past and past participle hitched up)

  1. To fasten up.
  2. To pull up, or raise with a jerking movement.
    • hitch up your skirt
    • And I'm trying not to notice / That she's hitching up her skirt1987, “Tom's Diner”, in Suzanne Vega (lyrics), Solitude Standing
  3. To attach (a horse, etc.) to a vehicle.
    • Hitch up the trailer.
  4. (passive, regional, "get hitched up") To marry.

Forms of hitch up

third-person singular presenthitches up
present participlehitching up
past participlehitched up
pasthitched up

Questions about hitch up

What does hitch up mean?
Hitch up means to fasten up.
What part of speech is hitch up?
Hitch up is a verb.
What is the past tense of hitch up?
The past tense of hitch up is hitched up.

Words near hitch up in the dictionary

  1. hitch in one's giddy-up
  2. hitch one's wagon to
  3. hitch one's wagon to a star
  4. hitch rack
  5. hitch racks
  6. hitch up
  7. hitch-hike
  8. hitch-hiked
  9. hitch-hiker
  10. hitch-hikers
  11. hitch-hikes

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