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jack up

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by A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates

[jack up] {v.}

1. To lift with a jack.

* /The man jacked up his car to fit a flat tire./

2. {informal} To make (a price) higher; raise.

* /Just before Christmas, some stores jack up their prices./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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