tack up meaning
1. tack sth up • tack up sth to fasten something to a wall, post etc using small nails:
▪ I couldn't help noticing the lists of rules that were tacked up all over the school.
■ SIMILAR TO: pin up
2. tack up sth • tack sth up BrE to sew the bottom or edge of a piece of clothing using long loose stitches, especially before sewing it more carefully with smaller stitches:
▪ I'll just tack up the bottom of the sleeves, and then you can try them for length.
▪ She was wearing an old black dress with the hem roughly tacked up.
3. tack up sth • tack sth up • tack up BrE to put the equipment needed for riding onto a horse's back and head:
▪ Alexander yelled at me to tack up the little brown pony.
▪ I couldn't help noticing the lists of rules that were tacked up all over the school.
■ SIMILAR TO: pin up
2. tack up sth • tack sth up BrE to sew the bottom or edge of a piece of clothing using long loose stitches, especially before sewing it more carefully with smaller stitches:
▪ I'll just tack up the bottom of the sleeves, and then you can try them for length.
▪ She was wearing an old black dress with the hem roughly tacked up.
3. tack up sth • tack sth up • tack up BrE to put the equipment needed for riding onto a horse's back and head:
▪ Alexander yelled at me to tack up the little brown pony.
Examples
More: Next- You can tack up netting over the opening to keep the birds from getting in.
- Teachers often tack up their very best student essays on classroom walls, Prettyman pointed out.
- He was hired by banner painter H . D . Cummins to clean equipment and tack up banners.
- Even in 1799 after his return to Scotland Macleod put many substantial tacks up for sale around Dunvegan.
- Lock the gates, tack up " No Trespassing " signs and tell everyone to go home.
