jacking up
Lifting with leverage
Jacking up means raising something with a jack—the mechanical device for lifting heavy loads: He was jacking up the car to change the tire.
Extended uses follow the upward motion: to jack up prices is to increase them sharply, often unreasonably.
In informal speech, jacking up can mean ruining or damaging something: You really jacked up my plans.
To get jacked up is to become excited, agitated, or stimulated by caffeine or other substances.
- liftingRaising something heavy
- hoistRaise with tackle
- flat tireDeflated vehicle wheel
- overchargingDemanding excessive payment
- price gougingExcessive pricing during crises
raise · gouging · crane · elevation · escalating · boosting · intensifying · ramping up · inflating · ratchet · winch · hyping up · cranking up · spiking · raising the stakes · pumping up · getting pumped · revving up
jacking uplowering
Moving something downward
letting down · dropping · bringing down · setting down · putting down
jacking upslashing
Cutting with force
lowering · cutting · dropping · reducing · discounting
jacking uptoning down
Lessening force or impact
dialing back · turning down · reducing · lowering · dialing down