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jack up

verb

Meaning

  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.
  6. To shoot, especially in the context of a poor shot opportunity.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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