ride up
phrasal verb
rode up; ridden up; riding out; rides up
of clothing
: to move up the body as one moves
Her skirt rode up when she sat down.
Examples of ride up in a Sentence
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Mystik Dan, with a smart ride up the rail, had pulled to about a three-length lead with about a sixteenth of a mile to go.
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John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2024
From there, hikers descend into the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, with many catching a ride up state Route 78 to Julian for pie and to resupply their food.
—Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 May 2024
The quick elevator ride up to my room offered another vantage point of the iconic tower and the gradients of landscaped gardens below, this time from the privacy of my own spacious balcony.
—Rebekah Peppler, Travel + Leisure, 1 May 2024
The fit is comfortable, and the bra did not ride up at all, even when put to the challenge during games and practice.
—Cheryl Fenton, Parents, 20 Mar. 2024
The experience begins promptly at 5:45 p.m. with a 25-minute sleigh ride up to the pinnacle of Park City.
—Brad Japhe, Travel + Leisure, 28 Dec. 2023
While the campaign ended, the ideas that had sucked white Southerners into paying for the rides up North did not.
—TIME, 21 Mar. 2024
Take an elevator ride up the 605-foot-tall Space Needle, sip on a cup of coffee from the world’s first Starbucks, or head out to Woodville and explore a few of the more than 100 wineries in the area.
—Blake Bakkila, Sunset Magazine, 15 Mar. 2024
Take a funicular ride up Monte San Salvatore at the city's edge, offering a bird’s eye view deep into Italy to the south and north to the Swiss Alps.
—Everett Potter, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2024
From there, hikers descend into the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, with many catching a ride up state Route 78 to Julian for pie and to resupply their food.
—Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 May 2024
The quick elevator ride up to my room offered another vantage point of the iconic tower and the gradients of landscaped gardens below, this time from the privacy of my own spacious balcony.
—Rebekah Peppler, Travel + Leisure, 1 May 2024
The fit is comfortable, and the bra did not ride up at all, even when put to the challenge during games and practice.
—Cheryl Fenton, Parents, 20 Mar. 2024
The experience begins promptly at 5:45 p.m. with a 25-minute sleigh ride up to the pinnacle of Park City.
—Brad Japhe, Travel + Leisure, 28 Dec. 2023
While the campaign ended, the ideas that had sucked white Southerners into paying for the rides up North did not.
—TIME, 21 Mar. 2024
Take an elevator ride up the 605-foot-tall Space Needle, sip on a cup of coffee from the world’s first Starbucks, or head out to Woodville and explore a few of the more than 100 wineries in the area.
—Blake Bakkila, Sunset Magazine, 15 Mar. 2024
Take a funicular ride up Monte San Salvatore at the city's edge, offering a bird’s eye view deep into Italy to the south and north to the Swiss Alps.
—Everett Potter, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
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“Ride up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ride%20up. Accessed 17 May. 2024.
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