hike up

Questions about hike up

What does hike up mean?

hike up means "pull up". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for hike up?

Close synonyms include hitch up, hike, boost. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hike up a common word?

hike up is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.