ride up

phrasal verb

rode up; ridden up; riding out; rides up

of clothing

: to move up the body as one moves

Her skirt rode up when she sat down.

Examples of ride up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

And as life imitates life, Jamie’s father, Brian Fraser (Jamie Roy), rides up on a horse to stop Julia from making a foolish mistake. —Lincee Ray Published, EW.com, 8 Aug. 2025

Make sure the bottom does not ride up and that the sleeves aren’t too tight. —Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2025

The rest of the day was spent feasting on Dungeness crab, taking a scenic ride up a mountain in a cable car for a hike to a hidden lake, and—for many passengers—screaming back down the mountain on a zipline. —Scott Laird, Travel + Leisure, 3 Aug. 2025

Despite being slightly under the weather at this gathering, two rides knocked me out of the proverbial park during a quick ride up to (almost) the top of Pikes Peak. —Josh Max, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025

Rhymes for ride up

• buttercup
• backup
• blowup
• breakup
• buildup
• checkup
• cleanup
• holdup
• hookup
• lineup
• lockup
• makeup