jacking upn.
/ˌdʒakɪŋ ˈʌp/, U.S. /ˌdʒækɪŋ ˈəp/ The action or practice of jacking someone or something up (in various senses of to jack up at jack v.2 Phrasal verbs); an instance of this.
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1868 Morning Post 24 Mar. 6/3 Mr. Aveling immediately superintended the ‘jacking’ up of the disabled truck.
1880 Architect 19 June 423/2 The Committee think they have reason to fear that a so-called restoration of the interior decoration will be attempted, whether the jacking-up of the Baptistery be successful or not.
1896 Street Railway Jrnl. Dec. 758/2 The removal of a pair of wheels from a certain class of truck involved the removal of the brake beam, brake rod, journal straps and the jacking up of the car at one end.
1918 Mag. Wall St. 30 Mar. 965/1 These figures..show..that those responsible for the jacking up of finances and production have achieved a creditable task for stockholders.
1943 N.Z.E.F. Times (2nd N.Z. Expeditionary Force) 16 Aug. 6/5 Some of the pubs could do with a jacking up... Not enough service and civility.
1965 N. Hilliard Power of Joy 266 She's done all her jacking-up of partners and promising of dances beforehand.
2011 Social Scientist 39 27 A serious decline in the real wages because of the jacking up of the food prices.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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