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.

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Thongs already have a tendency to ride up, so the thought of wearing a high-waist one was initially a huge no. —

Malia Griggs, Glamour, 11 Dec. 2024 Traders should look to the most explosive end of the market in chains like Solana and Base and track today’s crazy token to ride up the final leg of the bitcoin rally. —

Clem Chambers, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024 After midnight, the four crew had walked out from SpaceX’s crew building at Launch Complex 39-A and ventured into a pair of Teslas for a very short ride up the hill to the launch tower. —

Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 10 Sep. 2024 Because jeans ride up when one rides a horse…and no one wants the top of their boot to show. —

Elise Taylor, Vogue, 29 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for ride up