jack up

nostaa väkivivulla To raise, hoist, or lift a thing using a jack, or similar means.

He jacked the car up to change the tire.

The oil rig can be jacked up higher when the hydraulic legs touch the sea floor.

Nor was there any proof that they had been improperly used in jacking up the end of the car.

From this time forward the overhang to the east of the center row was carried entirely on the clay, the shoring screws from the G and H piers having been removed to assist in jacking up at the west side.

How can I secure them without jacking up the whole house to get the bolts in?

I cant believe they're going to jack up the price of gasoline again — and after they already raised it twenty cents a gallon!''

Im not letting him use my computer again; he always jacks it up.

Says I, “Let's jack up, man alive, / An' try further down on the Creek!” / “All right!” says my mate, “but we'll drive / Right an' left to the end of this week.”

Not but what I'd had a lot to bear, and took a deal of punishment before he jacked up.

“I don't think I shall enter for the Point to Point this year, because we're going to jack up.”

“Going to jack up what?” asked one, while the others looked up enquiringly.

“We're going to jack up the Service. …”