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jack

verb

□ jack something inBritish, informal

I turned professional when I was 17, but I jacked it in:

give up, stop, cease, discontinue, desist from, swear off, forbear from, abstain from, cut out, renounce, forswear, forgo, abandon, have done with;

resign from, stand down from;

informal quit, kick, leave off, knock off, pack in, lay off, chuck, ditch.

▷antonyms take up; continue.

□ jack something up

1 thieves jacked up the car and stole the wheels:

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;

rare upheave, uprear, upthrust.

2 informal he may need to jack up interest rates further:

increase, raise, put up, push up, up, mark up, make higher, boost, step up, lift, augment, inflate, escalate;

informal hike (up), bump up.

▷antonyms lower.