hike up

English

hike up (third-person singular simple present hikes up, present participle hiking up, simple past and past participle hiked up)

(transitive, idiomatic) To lift; to tug or pull upwards.
He hiked up his sagging trousers.
(transitive, idiomatic) To raise or increase sharply; to hike.
They tried to make more money by putting lots of salt in the popcorn and hiking up the price of drinks.
(intransitive, idiomatic, of clothing) To move upwards; to ride up.
- 1955, J. D. Salinger, “Franny”, in Franny and Zooey, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, published 1991, →ISBN, page 4:
  He was wearing a maroon cashmere muffler which had hiked up on his neck, giving him next to no protection against the cold.