English Explanatory Dictionary

tack up

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To prepare a horse for riding by equipping it with tack (harness, reins, saddle etc.)
  2. To attach in a temporary fashion (with or as if with tacks or pins), as for example to fix pieces of fabric into position in preparation for sewing their seams, or to hang dropcloths as masking before painting.

Word forms

tack up tacks up tacking up tacked up

Antonyms

detack

Related words

gear up suit up tack down tack weld

Derived words

tack-up
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