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  • jack-up
    jack-up
    noun
    an increase or rise.
  • jack up
    jack up
    verb
    (tr) to increase (prices, salaries, etc)
Synonyms

jack-up

American  
[jak-uhp] / ˈdʒækˌʌp /

noun

Informal.

  1. an increase or rise.

    a recent jack-up in prices.
jack up British  

verb

  1. (tr) to increase (prices, salaries, etc)

  2. (tr) to raise an object, such as a car, with or as with a jack

  3. slang (intr) to inject oneself with a drug, usually heroin

  4. informal (intr) to refuse to comply; rebel, esp collectively

  5. informal to initiate, organize, or procure

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noun

  1. something that has been contrived or achieved by dishonest means

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jack up Idioms  

  1. Raise or increase, as in The cartel is jacking up oil prices again. This term alludes to the literal meaning of jack up, that is, “hoist with a jack.” [Colloquial; c. 1900]

Etymology

Origin of jack-up

1900–05, noun use of verb phrase jack up

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