to jack up
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5.9
- phrasal verb
- /dʒæk ʌp/
- Informal
- Let's not forget that the insurance companies now have several years to jack up rates to be ready for the mandate.
- jack up prices
- jack up interest rates
- jack up fees
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Watch on YouTubeI mean, in this era, they used steroids and that jacked up their numbers.
- I mean, in this era, they used steroids and that jacked up their numbers.
- And that and the conflict must be as high as you can Jack it up under any circumstances.
- And their deal was that they would coordinate in a coordinated way, Jack up the oil charges.
- And now, unfortunately, we're sort of seeing the ruling class clawed all back by jacking up prices and rents.
- And this guy Vonox is trying to buy it from him and he jacks the price up really high.
- Like there are plenty of people that are bad lawyers and they stoke up conflict because it jacks up fees.
- But that is not how you Jack up your career in almost all of the world.
- It literally printed trillions of dollars on a dime, then jacks up all this rates, suck it all back in, right?
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When supplies dwindle, they jack up the price so we all conserve more.
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Exactly, he knows that it's the unpaid emergency room visits that force the hospitals to jack up the prices.
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The second is to put more progression onto income tax; the third is to jack up the dynasty tax.
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Now they jacked up the price.
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As a result, they have all been jacking up their rates.
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People from out of the state buying up properties, jacking up rents, making it cost too much.
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A single skipped payment can cause a card issuer to jack up your interest rate.
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Obama's policies directly harm the poorest by jacking up gasoline and energy prices.
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We can certainly punish consumers for enacting a law that inconveniences us by jacking up our prices.
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Many gas stations jack up prices during holiday weekends.
Synonyms
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1.3
Make an amount or level higher
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2.9
To make an amount, level, or value higher
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5.5
To become larger, more serious, or more intense
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3.4
Make something greater in amount, speed or strength
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3.9
To move something to a higher place or level
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4.1
To increase something, especially its amount or speed
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3.9
To make prices rise to a higher level, often quickly
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3.8
To increase the level or strength of something, for example volume, production
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4.4
To make the amount or price of something increase
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3.4
To raise prices or amounts by a lot
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3.6
To raise a price or fee suddenly by a large amount
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6.7
To increase something slowly until it becomes hard to reduce
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7.0
To raise the level of risk or what people expect
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5.4
To add fuel to a fire or make energy and excitement stronger
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4.8
Raise prices or fees suddenly by a large amount
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8.6
To increase something to its highest or most extreme level
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4.8
To raise prices by a large amount, often suddenly
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3.4
Make the sound louder by turning the volume control
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to increase or raise' is directly derivable from combining 'jack' (to lift or raise, especially with a jack) with 'up' (to a higher position): the physical sense of lifting extends straightforwardly to raising amounts or levels. This metaphoric extension is a common and predictable composition pattern in English (and in many other languages), so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will very likely infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Jack up comes from the same image of a jack pushing something up quickly. That's why people use 'jack up' to mean 'to raise something a lot or suddenly', for example prices or rent.