ride up

verb

to approach or come near to while riding.

“My jeans always seem to ride up on me in public.”

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Meanings

verbride up (third-person singular simple present rides up, present participle riding up, simple past rode up, past participle ridden up)

present singular third person rides up · participle present riding up · past rode up · participle past ridden up · alternative ride-up

  1. intransitiveto approach or come near to while riding.
  2. intransitiveespecially tight skirtsto move up higher on one's body.

    My jeans always seem to ride up on me in public.

    1 more example

    The skimpy black underpants had ridden up, and now Chang’s wrinkly old bottom was pointing in their direction.

    2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN
nounride up (plural ride ups)

plural ride ups · alternative ride-up

  1. The act or process of riding up

Translations

Polish podnosić się, podnieść się
  • podnosić się(intransitive, of clothes, especially tight skirts) to move up higher on one's body.
  • podnieść się(intransitive, of clothes, especially tight skirts) to move up higher on one's body.
Spanish arrezagarse
  • arrezagarse(intransitive, of clothes, especially tight skirts) to move up higher on one's body.
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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