To raise, increase, or accelerate; often said of prices, fees, or rates. See also jack up the price.
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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!
Submitted on August 09, 2009
Additional definitions for 'jack up':
jack up | To raise, hoist, or lift a thing using a jack, or similar means. |
jack up | To ruin; wreck; mess up; screw up; sometimes as a bowdlerized substitution for f** up. |
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