jack up
phrasal verbjack up
- (informal) to inject an illegal drug directly into your blood
- Drug users were jacking up in the stairwells.
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jack something up
- to lift something, especially a vehicle, off the ground using a jack
- Thieves jacked up the car and stole the wheels.
- (informal) to increase something, especially prices, by a large amount