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hitch

 
 
/hɪtʃ/ verb

Definition

hitch a lift/ride to get a free ride in someone's vehicle, by standing next to the road and waiting for someone to pick you up
[T] (also US hitch up) to fasten something to an object or vehicle: They hitched the caravan to the car.
(Definition of hitch verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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