jack up
[verb]
Synonyms: raise, elevate, hoist, lift, lift up

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

jack something ↔ up phrasal verb (see also jack)

1. to lift something heavy off the ground using a jack:
Jack the car up higher – I can’t get the tire off.

2. informal to increase prices, sales etc by a large amount:
They’re just interested in jacking up their profit margins.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

jack up
jack up (something)
to increase something steeply.
Credit card companies have jacked up interest rates on most of their accounts.

The company decided to jack up the amount of protein in its animal feed.

Etymology: based on the literal meaning of jack up something (= to raise something using a special device called a jack)

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

jack up something
jack up (something)
to increase something steeply.
Credit card companies have jacked up interest rates on most of their accounts.

The company decided to jack up the amount of protein in its animal feed.

Etymology: based on the literal meaning of jack up something (= to raise something using a special device called a jack)

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

jack up
1. • jack up (the price)
• jack up (something)
raise prices, raise something with a lifting device
The gas station jacked up their prices during the snow storm.

We jacked up the car so we could change the tire.

The store jacked up the prices of their summer stock at the beginning of the summer.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

jack up something
• jack up (something)
raise prices, raise something with a lifting device
The gas station jacked up their prices during the snow storm.

We jacked up the car so we could change the tire.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

jack up
v.
1. To lift with a jack.
The man jacked up his car to fit a flat tire.
2. informal To make (a price) higher; raise.
Just before Christmas, some stores jack up their prices.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲