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jacked up

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verb

  1. To raise, hoist, or lift a thing using a jack, or similar means.β€œHe jacked the car up to change the tire.”
  2. To raise, increase, or accelerate; often said of prices, fees, or rates.β€œI can't believe they're going to jack up the price of gasoline again β€” 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.β€œI'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)

adjective

  1. Hoisted, lifted off the ground, or propped up using a jack.β€œDo you want to rotate the tires while we have the car jacked up?”
  2. Describes a 4x4 automobile that has a "lift kit", raising the body and/or frame higher than stock.β€œHe took us for a ride in his awesome new jacked up truck.”
  3. Significantly increased or expanded.β€œIt's hard to make ends meet with the jacked up price of gas.”
  4. Under the influence of stimulants; high.β€œThey were all jacked up on coke.”

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