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hitch up

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Verb1.hitch up - pull up; "He hitched up his socks and pants"
hike up
pull - apply force so as to cause motion towards the source of the motion; "Pull the rope"; "Pull the handle towards you"; "pull the string gently"; "pull the trigger of the gun"; "pull your knees towards your chin"
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? hitch up
vt sep
horses, oxen → anschirren, anspannen; trailer etc → anhängen; we hitched up the horses to the wagon → wir spannten die Pferde vor den Wagen
trousers, skirt → hochziehen


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Won't you just hitch up alongside of me and let us go down the long road together, driving in double harness?
Dracula by Stoker, Bram View in context
When the end came it was she who had to tell him to hitch up and go for the undertaker, and she thought it "funny" that he had not settled beforehand who was to have his mother's clothes and the sewing-machine.
Ethan Frome by Wharton, Edith View in context
Without regard to the fact that harness is heavy, and a horse's back high, Martin would order him to hitch up.
Dust by Haldeman, Julius Mr. and Mrs. View in context
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