💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Jack in"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| jack upverb | (informal) To raise, increase, or accelerate; often said of prices, fees, or rates. |
| unjackverb | (transitive) To dislodge or remove a jack from something. |
| stopnoun | A (usually marked) place where buses, trams or trains halt to let passengers get on and off, usually smaller than a station. |
| put the brakes onverb | (idiomatic, transitive) To stop (an event, action, or process) or to slow it down. |
| hook offverb | (slang) To depart, especially when finishing something or giving up on something. |
| give upverb | (transitive) To stop or quit (an activity, etc.) |
| down toolsverb | (informal, UK, idiomatic) To stop work, especially when taking industrial action. |
| knock offverb | (ambitransitive, slang) To halt one's work or other activity. |
| quitverb | (transitive) To leave (a place). |
| put the plug in the jugverb | (idiomatic, intransitive, informal) To cease drinking alcohol; to become teetotal. |
| kick outverb | (idiomatic, transitive) To eject, dismiss, expel, or forcefully remove (someone or something). |
| hang up one's spursverb | To quit, to stop engaging in a line of work or type of activity. |
| lay offverb | (transitive, chiefly US, idiomatic) (of an employer) To dismiss (workers) from employment, e.g. at a time of low business volume or through no fault of the worker, often with a severance package. |
| have done withverb | (idiomatic, transitive) To finish; to give up or stop dealing with. |
| kick offverb | (ambitransitive, idiomatic) To start; to launch; to set in motion. |
| call it quitsverb | To conclude; to quit or stop an activity, especially after applying oneself to it for a significant period of time. |
| stop deadverb | (intransitive, idiomatic) To stop suddenly. |
| strikenoun | (baseball) A status resulting from a batter swinging and missing a pitch, or not swinging at a pitch when the ball goes in the strike zone, or hitting a foul ball that is not caught. |
| get offverb | (transitive, intransitive) To move from being on top of (something) to not being on top of it. |
| hang up one's bootsverb | (idiomatic) to retire, call it a day |
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