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Rarejack up
The correct spelling is jack up.
How to pronounce jack up
verb
Say it like: Jak- up
The correct spelling is jack up. To raise, hoist, or lift a thing using a jack, or similar means. For example: "He jacked the car up to change the tire."
Usage Examples
“He jacked the car up to change the tire.”
“I can't believe they're going to jack up the price of gasoline again — and after they already raised it twenty cents a gallon!”
“I'm not letting him use my computer again; he always jacks it up.”
Definition
verb
- 1.To raise, hoist, or lift a thing using a jack, or similar means.
- 2.To raise, increase, or accelerate; often said of prices, fees, or rates.
- 3.To ruin; wreck; mess up; screw up; sometimes as a bowdlerized substitution for fuck up.
- 4.To give up; to abandon (something, e.g. a job, contract)
- 5.To organise something.
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