jack%20up

verb

  1. 1

    To raise, hoist, or lift a thing using a jack, or similar means.

    He jacked the car up to change the tire.
  2. 2

    To raise, increase, or accelerate; often said of prices, fees, or rates.

    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!
  3. 3

    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.
  4. 4

    To give up; to abandon (something, e.g. a job, contract)

  5. 5

    To organise something.

  6. 6

    To shoot, especially in the context of a poor shot opportunity.

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