cinch up

To make something tighter, often by pulling the strap or string on something. If your sweatpants are falling down, try cinching up the drawstring.

cinch up

To tighten some drawstring or strap, especially a saddle girth: I cinched up the saddle girth before mounting the horse. I cinched up the hood of my jacket to keep the rain out.

See also: cinch, up

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs.

See also:

a whack at (something)
(you've) got to get up pretty early in the morning to (do something)
a/the feel of (something)
(I) wouldn't (do something) if I were you
a straw will show which way the wind blows
a crack at (someone or something)
all right
(you) wanna make something of it?
all for the best
a thing of the past

References in periodicals archive

Ressam didn't make it to Los Angeles, but he did show that using a birth certificate to pose as someone else was a cinch up north.

Born yesterday: terrorists don't need visas when they can get a real U.S. birth certificate

词组	cinch up
释义	cinch up cinch up To make something tighter, often by pulling the strap or string on something. If your sweatpants are falling down, try cinching up the drawstring. See also: cinch, up Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. cinch up v. To tighten some drawstring or strap, especially a saddle girth: I cinched up the saddle girth before mounting the horse. I cinched up the hood of my jacket to keep the rain out. See also: cinch, up The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs. See also: a whack at (something) (you've) got to get up pretty early in the morning to (do something) a/the feel of (something) (I) wouldn't (do something) if I were you a straw will show which way the wind blows a crack at (someone or something) all right (you) wanna make something of it? all for the best a thing of the past References in periodicals archive Ressam didn't make it to Los Angeles, but he did show that using a birth certificate to pose as someone else was a cinch up north. Born yesterday: terrorists don't need visas when they can get a real U.S. birth certificate
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