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1
a danger or difficulty that is hidden or not easily recognized
- there are always a few hitches when you launch a system as complex as this one
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verbSynonyms & Antonyms of hitch (Entry 2 of 2)
1
to move or cause to move with a sharp quick motion
- kept hitching up his pants because they were too big in the waist
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2
to put or bring together so as to form a new and longer whole
- she escaped out the window by using a makeshift rope of bedsheets and clothing she'd hitched together
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3
to put securely in place or in a desired position
- hitched the trailer to the back of the car
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- extract,
- prize,
- pry,
- pull,
- root (out),
- tear (out),
- uproot,
- wrest,
- yank
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“Hitch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hitch. Accessed 29 Jan. 2022.
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