jack up
Pronunciation:
verb
Definitions
To raise, hoist, or lift a thing using a jack, or similar means.
Example: He jacked the car up to change the tire.
To raise, increase, or accelerate; often said of prices, fees, or rates.
Example: I can't believe they're going to jack up the price of gasoline again — and after they already raised it twenty cents a gallon!
To ruin; wreck; mess up; screw up; sometimes as a bowdlerized substitution for fuck up.
Example: I'm not letting him use my computer again; he always jacks it up.
To give up; to abandon (something, e.g. a job, contract)
Synonyms:chuck updiscontinuejack injig upthrow up