hitch up
Example Sentences
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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
Yet like its brick-and-mortar cousin Macy's, Nordstrom climbed the previous four years without a hitch, up 83 percent.
From US News • Jun. 24, 2016
A common theme was his desperation to avoid KP duty on Friday evenings so that he could hitch up to New York for the dances.
From New York Times • May 12, 2015
Granddaddy didn’t give any excuse; he asked Alberto to hitch up a horse.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
