jack up

Noun

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Verb

jack up verb

1. To raise, hoist, or lift a thing using a jack, or similar means.“He jacked the car up to change the tire.”
2. To raise, increase, or accelerate; often said of prices, fees, or rates.“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!”
3. To ruin; wreck; mess up; screw up; sometimes as a bowdlerized substitution for fuck up.“I'm not letting him use my computer again; he always jacks it up.”
4. To give up; to abandon (something, e.g. a job, contract)