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hitch

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of HITCH

1
to move or cause to move with a sharp quick motion <kept hitching up his pants because they were too big in the waist>
Synonyms buck, hitch, hoick, jolt, twitch, yank
2
to put or bring together so as to form a new and longer whole <she escaped out the window by using a makeshift rope of bedsheets and clothing she'd hitched together>
3
to put securely in place or in a desired position <hitched the trailer to the back of the car>
Related Words embed (also imbed), entrench (also intrench), implant, ingrain (also engrain), lodge, stuff, wedge
Near Antonyms extract, prize, pry, pull, root (out), tear (out), uproot, wrest, yank
4
to travel by securing free rides <her brother hitched across the country after he graduated from college>
Synonyms hitch, thumb
Related Words bum; stow away; carjack, hijack (also highjack)

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