jack up

jack up

vb (adverb)

1. (Business / Commerce) (tr) to increase (prices, salaries, etc.)

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

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

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

5. NZ informal to initiate, organize, or procure

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

jack up - lift with a special device; "jack up the car so you can change the tire" jack lift, raise, elevate, get up, bring up - raise from a lower to a higher position; "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load"

---

jack up

verb

1. hoist, raise, elevate, winch up, lift, rear, uplift, lift up, heave, haul up, hike up, upraise They jacked up the car.

2. increase, raise, put up, augment, advance, boost, expand, add to, enhance, step up (informal), intensify, enlarge, escalate, inflate, amplify The company would have to jack up its prices.

Translations

? jack up

vt sep

car → aufbocken

(inf) prices, wages, interest rates → (in die Höhe) treiben