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jack around
jack bean
jack-by-the-hedge
jack cheese
jack crevalle
Jack Frost
Jack-go-to-bed-at-noon
jack-in-office
jack in or into
jack-in-the-box
jack-in-the-pulpit
jack ladder
jack mackerel
jack-o’-lantern
jack-of-all-trades
jack off
jack pine
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jack up

jack up


verb 
Definition:
 
1. transitive verb lift something with jack: to use a jack to lift a heavy object, especially a motor vehicle, off the ground

2. transitive verb increase amount of something: to increase something, especially a price or salary, often to an unreasonably high level

3. transitive and intransitive verb inject illegal drugs: to inject a drug, especially heroin, intravenously ( slang )

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