"tack up" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: tacks up [present, singular, third-person], tacking up [participle, present], tacked up [participle, past], tacked up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} tack up (third-person singular simple present tacks up, present participle tacking up, simple past and past participle tacked up)
  1. To prepare a horse for riding by equipping it with tack (harness, reins, saddle etc.) Derived forms: tack-up [noun] Related terms (apply tack to a horse): gear up, suit up Translations (prepare a horse): rakentaa (Ingrian)
    Sense id: en-tack_up-en-verb-en:apply_tack_to_horse Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "up", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ingrian translations, Horse tack Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 69 31 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "up": 71 29 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 72 28 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 79 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Ingrian translations: 73 27 Disambiguation of Horse tack: 84 16 Disambiguation of 'apply tack to a horse': 80 20 Disambiguation of 'prepare a horse': 95 5
  2. To attach in a temporary fashion (with or as if with tacks or pins), as for example to fix pieces of fabric into position in preparation for sewing their seams, or to hang dropcloths as masking before painting. Hypernyms: hang up, put up Related terms (attach temporarily): tack down, tack weld Coordinate_terms: paste up, pin up
    Sense id: en-tack_up-en-verb-en:attach_temporarily__transitively Disambiguation of 'attach temporarily': 0 100

Inflected forms

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