Idiom
hike up
Meaning
To lift; to tug or pull upwards.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“She had to hike up her heavy backpack to walk comfortably.”
“The runner stopped to hike up her socks before starting the final part of the race.”
“As the tide began to rise, the fisherman had to hike up his trousers to wade safely back to the shore.”
Examples
simple
“She had to hike up her heavy backpack to walk comfortably.”
contextual
“The runner stopped to hike up her socks before starting the final part of the race.”
complex
“As the tide began to rise, the fisherman had to hike up his trousers to wade safely back to the shore.”
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