jack something up Idiom, Proverb

a checkup

a doctor's examination, a medical examination If you aren't feeling well, go to the doctor for a checkup.

a cut-up

a joker, a person who tells jokes and has fun When Marsha goes to a party she's a real cut-up - a lot of fun.

a dust-up

"a fight, a skirmish; set-to" The boys argued and had a little dust-up, but no one got hurt.

a fill-up

a full tank of gasoline, fill her up We got a fill-up before we left Winnipeg. The truck needed gas.

a leg up

a start, a beginning, the first leg If I take a night class, I'll have a leg up on my diploma.

a pick-me-up

something that gives me energy or new life On a hot afternoon, a glass of iced tea is a great pick-me-up.

a send-up

a mockery or satire, a takeoff on The speaker did a send-up of the the way Canadians talk.

a stiff upper lip

(See keep a stiff upper lip)

act up

not work right, give pain or problems My stomach is acting up today. I don't feel well.

add up

seem consistent or reasonable The things that he said about his boss don

jack up

1. To access sharply. Please stop jacking up the aggregate on the TV. I can almost apprehend myself think.2. To accession article through the use of a jack, a simple apparatus acclimated to lift things. We'll charge to jack up the car afore we can change this tire.3. To stimulate, excite, or motivate, generally but not consistently through the use of drugs. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is sometimes acclimated amid "jack" and "up." By the way he was brief around, you could acquaint the guy was jacked up on something. This soundtrack jacks me up so abundant back I'm alive out.4. To administer accident upon, physically or otherwise. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is sometimes acclimated amid "jack" and "up." Yikes, that car ablution absolutely jacked up your car's exterior. I'm not activity to lie, that abhorrence cine jacked me up for weeks.Learn more: jack, up

jack article up

1. tv. to accession the amount of something. They kept jacking the amount up with assorted charges, so I walked.
2. tv. to blend article up. Who jacked up the affidavit on my desk? Learn more: jack, something, up

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