hutch up
C1 informal inseparable intransitive
In simple words
To squish together into a small space, like animals in a hutch.
Literal meaning: To get into a hutch (a small animal cage) — the image of being cramped like a rabbit in a hutch.
Meanings
1 C1
idiomatic
informal
To squeeze or crowd together into a small or cramped space.
"The children hutched up together on the back seat to make room for the bags."
Grammar: inseparable
Usage notes
Very rare and largely dialectal. Derives from 'hutch' (a small cage or box for animals). Occasionally used in British regional dialects to describe people crowding together in tight quarters.
Commonly used with
together in the corner against the wall in the car
Forms
Base
hutch up
I/you/we/they
3rd person
hutches up
he/she/it
Past simple
hutched up
yesterday
Past participle
hutched up
have + pp
-ing form
hutching up
continuous
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