transitive verb
1. : to cause (a game bird or mammal) to rise or break cover by approaching on foot
spend a September day walking up partridges — J.R.Beddington
— compare drive 8b
2. : to raise (a stage flat) to a vertical position by lifting and pushing up from beneath starting with the upper edge while someone else holds the lower edge in place with his foot — compare foot II 9
intransitive verb
dialect : to walk faster