tacks up

Fastens to corkboard

Tacks up means to fasten something to a surface using tacks or pins: She tacked up a poster in her dorm room.

In equestrian contexts, to tack up is to put saddle and bridle on a horse, preparing it for riding: We tacked up the horses before the trail ride.

The phrase can also mean to add hastily or as an afterthought: He tacked up a few extra paragraphs at the end.

Related

saddle · martingale · nail · push · girth · reins · arrange · cinch · bit · paper · wall · notice board · cork board · hang · put up · post up · stirrup · prepare

Opposites
attachment method

tacks upframes

Rigid enclosing structures

nails down · welds · cements · epoxies · bolts

display action

tacks uptakes down

Records or defeats

removes · pulls down · tears down · unpins · unsticks

permanence of mounting

tacks uparchives

Stored historical documents

Family

tack, tacks, tacked, tacking

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G