To hitch up. (a) To fasten up. (b) To pull or raise with a jerk; as, a
sailor hitches up his trousers. (c) To attach, as a horse, to a
vehicle; as, hitch up the gray mare. [Colloq.]
Hitch, n. 1. A catch; anything that holds, as a hook; an impediment; an
obstacle; an entanglement.