jack up
• raise something, especially a vehicle, with a jack.
• "jack the car up until the wheel can spin freely"
Similar:
raise,
hoist,
lift,
lift up,
raise aloft,
haul up,
winch up,
lever up,
heave up,
hike up,
hitch up,
pull up,
take up,
upraise,
uplift,
elevate,
upheave,
uprear,
upthrust,
• inject oneself with an illegal drug.
• "we stepped over people jacking up in the street outside"
• give up or refuse to participate in something.
• "they'd just jack up and go on strike"
• arrange or organize something.
• "they did a national service in jacking this racing up"
jack-up
noun
• an offshore drilling rig the legs of which are lowered to the seabed from the operating platform.
• a dishonest or underhand way of achieving something.
