hitch up
Example Sentences
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The students hitch up backpacks emblazoned with Spider Man and the sisters of “Frozen,” then form two rambunctious lines that follow Alabsi like ducklings through broken streets.
From Seattle Times • May 4, 2024
Now, they live in houses made of bamboo and tin, in neighborhoods where the drains back up in the monsoon and you have to hitch up your sari to wade through the filthy, stinking floodwaters.
From New York Times • Jul. 31, 2018
It's easy to forget after the most stunning blunder in Oscars history, but as Weiss points out, the show had gone off without a hitch up until that final envelope was opened.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2018
“I had to stop and hitch up my britches, or I’d have stumbled. That’s when the Rebels nailed me,” he later said, using the nickname for Ole Miss players.
From Washington Post • Oct. 9, 2017
“Liza would have preferred Joshua. She loves the crashing walls of Jericho. But she likes Aaron too, so I guess it’s all right. I’ll go and hitch up my rig.”
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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