English-German translations for jack up

• aufbocken
• aufjacken

Definition of jack up

• To raise, hoist, or lift a thing using a jack, or similar means
• To raise, increase, or accelerate; often said of prices, fees, or rates
• To ruin; wreck; mess up; screw up; sometimes as a bowdlerized substitution for
• To give up; to abandon (something, e.g. a job, contract
• To organise something

Examples

• He jacked the car up to change the tire
• The oil rig can be jacked up higher when the hydraulic legs touch the sea floor.
• I cant believe theyre going to jack up the price of gasoline again — and after they already raised it twenty cents a gallon!
• Im not letting him use my computer again; he always jacks it up.

Related words

• jackknife sit-up
• jacked up#Inglese|jacked up
• warmup jacket