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jack up englanniksi

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

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5. 1987 August, A. K. Hamlin, letter to ''Homeowners′ Clinic'', ''Mechanics|Popular Mechanics'', %22jacking+up%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=vDuMT5_dMOTCmQWo-NDACQ&redir_esc=yv=onepage&q=%22jacks%20up%22|%22jacking%20up%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 109,

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

6. 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!''

7. (quote-journal)|passage=Although 4.1 million tickets were sold for the 2023 shows—including over 2 million on the first day, a new record—scalpers jacked up prices on the secondary market to more than $22,000.

8. To ruin; wreck; up; up; sometimes as a bowdlerized substitution for (m).

''I'm not letting him use my computer again; he always jacks it up.''

9. To up; to abandon (something, e.g. a job, contract)

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10. 1881?, Garnet Walch, ''A Little Tin Plate'', Google Books

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.”

11. 1888, (w), ''(w)'', Under Arms/Chapter 19|chapter 19, Google Books

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

12. 1900, (w), ''A Self-Made Countess: The Justification of a Husband'', page 201 alternate source

“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. …”

13. To organise something.

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