tack up

present singular third person tacks up · participle present tacking up · participle past tacked up · past tacked up

1. To prepare a horse for riding by equipping it with tack (harness, reins, saddle etc.)

   Antonyms: detack

2. To attach in a temporary fashion (with or as if with tacks or pins), as for example to fix pieces of fabric into position in preparation for sewing their seams, or to hang dropcloths as masking before painting.

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   "The stage ought to be here," said Miranda, glancing nervously at the tall clock for the twentieth time. "I guess everything's done. I've tacked up two thick towels back of her washstand and put a mat under her slop-jar; but children are awful hard on furniture. I expect we sha'n't know this house a year from now."

   1903, Kate Douglas Wiggin, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm