hike up

verb

To lift; to tug or pull upwards.

“He hiked up his sagging trousers.”

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Meanings

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

present singular third person hikes up · participle present hiking up · participle past hiked up · past hiked up

  1. idiomatictransitiveTo lift; to tug or pull upwards.

    He hiked up his sagging trousers.

  2. idiomatictransitiveTo 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. idiomaticintransitiveTo 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

Synonyms & antonyms

verbpull up

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hitch up
Broader
pull

verbincrease

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hikeboost
Broader
raiseliftelevate
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boosthikehitch upratchet up

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Polish podciągać, podciągnąć
  • podciągać(transitive, idiomatic) To lift; to tug or pull upwards.
  • podciągnąć(transitive, idiomatic) To lift; to tug or pull upwards.
Spanish arregazar, regazar
  • arregazar(transitive, idiomatic) To lift; to tug or pull upwards.
  • regazar(transitive, idiomatic) To lift; to tug or pull upwards.
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APA

hike up. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hike%20up

MLA

“hike up.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hike%20up. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hike up,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hike%20up.

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