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hitches up

hitches up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hitch up.

Meaning of hitch 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
  3. To attach (a horse, etc.) to a vehicle.
    • Hitch up the trailer.
  4. (passive, regional, "get hitched up") To marry.

Questions about hitches up

What is hitches up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Hitches up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hitch up.

Words near hitches up in the dictionary

  1. hitcher
  2. hitchers
  3. hitches
  4. hitches one's wagon to
  5. hitches one's wagon to a star
  6. hitches up
  7. hitchhike
  8. hitchhiked
  9. hitchhiker
  10. hitchhikers
  11. hitchhikes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hitches up (page history and authors); hitch up (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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