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take a hike


verb (used without object), hiked, hik·ing.

  1. to walk or march a great distance, especially through rural areas, for pleasure, exercise, military training, or the like.
  2. to move up or rise, as out of place or position (often followed by up): My shirt hikes up if I don’t wear a belt.
  3. Nautical. to hold oneself outboard on the windward side of a heeling sailboat to reduce the amount of heel.

verb (used with object), hiked, hik·ing.

  1. to move, draw, or raise with a jerk (often followed by up): to hike up one’s socks.
  2. to increase, often sharply and unexpectedly: to hike the price of milk.

noun

  1. a long walk or march for recreational activity, military training, or the like.
  2. an increase or rise, often sharp and unexpected: a hike in wages.

Idioms

  1. take a hike, Slang. to go away because one’s company is not desired.

verb

  1. (intr) to walk a long way, usually for pleasure or exercise, esp in the country
  2. (usually foll by up) to pull or be pulled; hitch
  3. (tr) to increase (a price)

noun

  1. a long walk
  2. a rise in prices, wages, etc

v.1809, hyke “to walk vigorously,” an English dialectal word of unknown origin. A yike from 1736 answers to the sense. HIKE, v. to go away. It is generally used in a contemptuous sense. Ex. “Come, hike,” i.e. take yourself off; begone. [Rev. Robert Forby, “The Vocabulary of East Anglia,” London, 1830] Sense of “pull up” (as pants) first recorded 1873 in American English, and may be a variant of hitch; extended sense of “raise” (as wages) is 1867. Related: Hiked; hiking. The noun is from 1865. Go hiking; also, go away. For example, We asked Jim to take a hike with us but he didn’t want to, or I’ve had enough of you—take a hike! The latter usage is a slangy imperative. Also see take a walk. see take a hike.

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