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hitch up

/hɪtʃ ʌp/

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verb

/hɪtʃ ʌp/B2formal
  • ruФразовый глагол, означающий подтянуть что-либо вверх или в нужное положение, или прикрепить что-либо к транспортному средству или упряжи.

A phrasal verb meaning to pull something upward or into position, or to attach something to a vehicle or harness.

uncountable · transitive · phrasal, separable

  1. Pull up or adjust clothinginformal

    To pull something, especially clothing, upward into a higher or more comfortable position.

    ruПодтянуть

    • He hitched up his trousers before sitting down.
    • She hitched up her skirt to wade through the shallow water.
    • The child hitched up his backpack straps.

    Synonymshike uphoistpull upraise

  2. Attach or connectinformal

    To attach a vehicle or piece of equipment to another, typically for towing.

    ruПрикрепить или соединить

    • They hitched up the trailer to the truck.
    • The farmer hitched up the horses to the plow.
    • We hitched up the caravan before starting our road trip.

    Synonymsattachconnectcouplefastenhitchhook uplinktetheryoke

    Antonymsdetachdisconnectuncoupleunhitchunhook

Forms
  • hitched up past participle
  • hitched up past simple
  • hitching up present participle
  • hitches up third person singular

Base verbhitch

Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset · 0.3.1

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Vocabulary data from the Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset (CC BY 4.0), https://huggingface.co/datasets/Fristail27/vocab-bloom-hub-en

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