take a hike
To go hiking.
hike
/haɪk/
verb 5noun 4intj 1
Collocations
6(noun.)
ADJ
long | strenuous | ten-mile, two-day, etc.
VERB + HIKE
go on
Last weekend, we went on a scenic hike through the mountains near our town.
PREP
on a ~
We discovered a beautiful waterfall on a hike through the forest last weekend.
~ from, ~ to
We took a long hike to the waterfall early yesterday morning.
Definitions
noun
1
A long walk, usually for pleasure or exercise.
Well, if it gave him so much pleasure to find the nest, he is welcome to the eggs. I can hunt another grass tuft, lay another set, and rear my brood in peace while he goes "hiking" after eggs at Flathead.
From here, you can pick up the asphalt bike path and take a hike across the meadow.
2
An abrupt increase.
The tenants were not happy with the rent hike.
It was on this campus last winter that gay people stood in the vanguard of protests against a tuition hike proposed and passed during the city's fiscal crisis.
3
The snap of the ball to start a play.
4
A sharp upward tug to raise something.
She gave a cute hike of her skirt as she spun and almost sauntered down the stairs.
verb
1
To take a long walk (on something) for pleasure or exercise.
Don't forget to bring the map when we go hiking tomorrow.
When Dick Hudson hiked the trail between 1966 and 1970, he met so few hikers that he can still recall nearly all of them.
2
To unfairly or suddenly raise a price.
3
To snap the ball to start a play.
4
To lean out to the windward side of a sailboat in order to counterbalance the effects of the wind on the sails.
5
To pull up or tug upwards sharply.
She hiked her skirt up.
intj
1
Let's go; get moving. A command to a dog sled team, given by a musher.
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Idioms & Phrases
hike up
To lift; to tug or pull upwards.
He hiked up his sagging trousers.
hike the Appalachian Trail
To engage in an extramarital affair.
Example Bank
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Well, if it gave him so much pleasure to find the nest, he is welcome to the eggs. I can hunt another grass tuft, lay another set, and rear my brood in peace while he goes "hiking" after eggs at Flath
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From here, you can pick up the asphalt bike path and take a hike across the meadow.
Wiktionary03
The hike along the trolley line from Smedley to Thompson Park is a wild and wooly excursion that brings you across train tracks, through dry creek beds, past ferns and wild roses and more.
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Don't forget to bring the map when we go hiking tomorrow.
Wiktionary05
When Dick Hudson hiked the trail between 1966 and 1970, he met so few hikers that he can still recall nearly all of them.
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She hiked her skirt up.
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