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"Jack up" in a Sentence (14 examples)
He jacked the car up to change the tire
The oil rig can be jacked up higher when the hydraulic legs touch the sea floor.
Nor was there any proof that they had been improperly used in jacking up the end of the car.
From this time forward the overhang to the east of the center row was carried entirely on the clay, the shoring screws from the G and H piers having been removed to assist in jacking up at the west side.
With certain girder bridges, the increased clearance is achieved by jacking up the entire superstructure with the bridge deck intact.
When alteration of train formation is necessary, coupling and uncoupling of sections is carried out by jacking up the front end of each section so that the socket of the drawbar is lifted clear of the pin of the drawbar of the section ahead.
1987 August, A. K. Hamlin, letter to Homeowners′ Clinic, Popular Mechanics, page 109, How can I secure them without jacking up the whole house to get the bolts in?
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!
Although 4.1 million tickets were sold for the 2023 shows—including over 2 million on the first day, a new record—scalpers jacked up prices on the secondary market to more than $22,000.
I'm not letting him use my computer again; he always jacks it up.
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1881?, Garnet Walch, A Little Tin Plate, Google Books Says I, “Let's jack up, man alive, / An' try further down on the Creek!” / “All right!” says my mate, “but we'll drive / Right an' left to the end of this week.”
1888, Rolf Boldrewood, Robbery Under Arms, chapter 19, Google Books Not but what I'd had a lot to bear, and took a deal of punishment before he jacked up.
1900, John Strange Winter, A Self-Made Countess: The Justification of a Husband, page 201 alternate source “I don't think I shall enter for the Point to Point this year, because we're going to jack up.” “Going to jack up what?” asked one, while the others looked up enquiringly. “We're going to jack up the Service. […]”
I jacked up the recipes with some fresh ingredients.
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