"hike up" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-hike up.ogg [Australia] Forms: hikes up [present, singular, third-person], hiking up [participle, present], hiked up [participle, past], hiked up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} hike up (third-person singular simple present hikes up, present participle hiking up, simple past and past participle hiked up)
  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To lift; to tug or pull upwards. Tags: idiomatic, transitive
    Sense id: en-hike_up-en-verb-47PsGK7s
  2. (idiomatic, transitive) To raise or increase sharply; to hike. Tags: idiomatic, transitive
    Sense id: en-hike_up-en-verb-6ET9pyO~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (up) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 72 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (up): 21 79

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