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Discover LudwigThe phrase "hitch up" is correct and can be used in written English.
"Hitch up" means to pull or lift something up, often by adjusting a strap or rope. It can also mean to fix or secure something. Example 1: The cowboy hitched up his jeans before getting on his horse. Example 2: She hiked up her backpack and hitched up the straps for a more comfortable fit. Example 3: The car broke down on the side of the road, so we had to hitch it up to the tow truck. Example 4: The bride carefully hitched up the train of her wedding dress before walking down the aisle. Example 5: He hitched up his socks while getting dressed for the football game.
Dictionary
hitch up
verb
To fasten up.
synonyms
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We'd have to hitch up the sleigh.
I want to hitch up to his wagon.
The actors hitch up their robes to show you what their legs are doing.
Then I hitch up my Soleiado bikini, and march outside to the mango tree.
"I'd hitch up my pants the way Palmer did," he said.
To ensure that Lady Luck was on his side, he would hitch up his shorts and urinate on the grass.
As their layered, gauzy party dresses hitch up around their hips, only underwear, not heaven, is revealed.
It's good to know there's a group I could hitch up if I do ever get one".
(And Mr. Snider's not above a little conservatism himself, griping about the youth on "Precious Little Miracles": "Come here, kid/Let me hitch up your britches").
At cabinet meetings, especially with the "rough", Lyndon Johnson (far left), he would nervously hitch up his trousers, sigh, bury his head in his hands.
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The marriage made in heaven soon turned into the hitch-up from hell, as billions of dollars of shareholder value was destroyed.
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