Examples of hitch up in a Sentence
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This way, camping is less about spending hours of time packing up and more about simply hitching up and hitting the road.
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New Atlas, 7 Dec. 2025
Partiers hitched up their dresses and rolled up their trousers to dance barefoot in the pool.
—L'oréal Blackett, Refinery29, 4 Aug. 2025
Two men, wearing balaclavas to foil a CCTV camera, hitched up the farmer’s trailer.
—Stephen Castle, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2025
Claire hitches up her skirt and pushes Frank’s head down, down, down.
—Amy Wilkinson, Vulture, 23 Nov. 2024
Phoebe Davidson, who was employed from summer 2021 to summer 2022, said Sweet Lady Jane had been cutting back on its menu and hitching up prices.
—Angie Orellana Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2024
People are getting their holiday shopping done earlier than ever, which means the good stuff will go faster than Santa can hitch up his sleigh.
—Shanna Shipin, Allure, 28 Sep. 2023
Guests surrounding her hitched up their own dresses.
—Jennifer Hassan, Washington Post, 2 Aug. 2023
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New Atlas, 7 Dec. 2025
Partiers hitched up their dresses and rolled up their trousers to dance barefoot in the pool.
—L'oréal Blackett, Refinery29, 4 Aug. 2025
Two men, wearing balaclavas to foil a CCTV camera, hitched up the farmer’s trailer.
—Stephen Castle, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2025
Claire hitches up her skirt and pushes Frank’s head down, down, down.
—Amy Wilkinson, Vulture, 23 Nov. 2024
Phoebe Davidson, who was employed from summer 2021 to summer 2022, said Sweet Lady Jane had been cutting back on its menu and hitching up prices.
—Angie Orellana Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2024
People are getting their holiday shopping done earlier than ever, which means the good stuff will go faster than Santa can hitch up his sleigh.
—Shanna Shipin, Allure, 28 Sep. 2023
Guests surrounding her hitched up their own dresses.
—Jennifer Hassan, Washington Post, 2 Aug. 2023
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“Hitch up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hitch%20up. Accessed 18 Dec. 2025.
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