jack something up

jack up

1. To increase sharply. Please stop jacking up the volume on the TV. I can barely hear myself think.

2. To raise something through the use of a jack, a simple machine used to lift things. We'll need to jack up the car before we can change this tire.

3. To stimulate, excite, or motivate, often but not always through the use of drugs. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is sometimes used between "jack" and "up." By the way he was flitting around, you could tell the guy was jacked up on something. This soundtrack jacks me up so much when I'm working out.

4. To inflict damage upon, physically or otherwise. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is sometimes used between "jack" and "up." Yikes, that car wash really jacked up your car's exterior. I'm not going to lie, that horror movie jacked me up for weeks.

jack something up

1. tv. to raise the price of something. They kept jacking the price up with various charges, so I walked.

2. tv. to mess something up. Who jacked up the papers on my desk?

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释义	jack something up jack up 1. To increase sharply. Please stop jacking up the volume on the TV. I can barely hear myself think. 2. To raise something through the use of a jack, a simple machine used to lift things. We'll need to jack up the car before we can change this tire. 3. To stimulate, excite, or motivate, often but not always through the use of drugs. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is sometimes used between "jack" and "up." By the way he was flitting around, you could tell the guy was jacked up on something. This soundtrack jacks me up so much when I'm working out. 4. To inflict damage upon, physically or otherwise. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is sometimes used between "jack" and "up." Yikes, that car wash really jacked up your car's exterior. I'm not going to lie, that horror movie jacked me up for weeks. See also: jack, up Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. jack something up 1. tv. to raise the price of something. They kept jacking the price up with various charges, so I walked. 2. tv. to mess something up. Who jacked up the papers on my desk? See also: jack, something, up McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions See also: jack someone up jack up jacked up barely can barely hear (oneself) think jack around jack someone around narrow escape a narrow escape/squeak to barely make it
随便看	at a moment's notice at anchor at an early date at an end a tangled web at an impasse at an unearthly hour at an unearthly/ungodly hour at an ungodly hour at any cost at any price at any rate at a/one stroke at a pinch at a pinch/push at a premium at a price at a push at a rate of knots at arm's length at around at a set time at a (single) blow at a (single) stroke at a sitting