yank up

yank something up

to pull or jerk something up. He yanked his pants up. He yanked up his pants and threw on his shirt.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Cleopatra	klee-ə-PAT-rə (English)	Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Lenora	[lə'nɔ:rə]
Kendrick	['kendrik]
Robin	['rɔbin]
Antero	AHN-te-ro	Finnish
Jun	joon (Korean)	Chinese, Korean