ride up

British

verb

(intr, adverb) to move or work away from the proper place or position

her new skirt rode up uncomfortably

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ride up Idioms

Gradually move upward from a normal position, as in This skirt is too tight and it constantly rides up. [Mid-1800s]

Example Sentences

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Then the waves weren’t quite so wild; they could ride up them and slide down without going deep under the water.

From Literature

“Do you want to walk or try to ride up to the house?”

From Literature

The children crowding round the Vail gondola for the ride up to the ski slopes could be following the path of two little girls who started in the same place and made it to the top of the mountain: Lindsey Vonn and Mikaela Shiffrin.

From Barron's

Having never shot this area myself, we hitched a ride up the mountainside to a remote stretch with the local 4x4 club - an experience in itself.

From BBC

If only Mom and Dad would buy me a bicycle, I could ride up there in no time.

From Literature

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