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
Bartholomew	bahr-THAHL-ə-myoo (English)	English, Biblical
Ziba (2)	-	Biblical
Walls	[wɔ:lz]
Placidus	-	Late Roman
JÉRÔMe	zhe-ROM	French
Hakan	-	Turkish