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Definition of
jack around phrasal verb
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
jack around
phrasal verb
phrasal verb
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Phrasal Verbs
jack somebody around
(
informal
)
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to treat someone in a way that is deliberately not helpful to them or wastes their time
Let's go. We're being jacked around here.
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jack around
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