jack up
verbo- 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.
- To raise, increase, or accelerate; often said of prices, fees, or rates.
- 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.
- To organise something.
- To shoot, especially in the context of a poor shot opportunity.
- To improve or embellish on (something). · I jacked up the recipes with some fresh ingredients.
- To refuse to follow an order.
- To criticize, discipline or reprimand.
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