Antonyms for jack up


Grammar : Verb
Spell : jak
Phonetic Transcription : dʒæk


Definition of jack up

Origin :
  • masc. proper name, 1218, probably an anglicization of Old French Jacques (which was a diminutive of Latin Jacobus; see Jacob), but in English the name always has been associated with Johan, Jan "John," and some have argued that it is a native formation.
  • Alliterative coupling of Jack and Jill is from 15c. (Ienken and Iulyan). In England, applied familiarly or contemptuously to anybody (especially one of the lower classes) from late 14c. Later used especially of sailors (1650s; Jack-tar is from 1781). In U.S., as a generic name addressed to an unknown stranger, attested from 1889.
  • As in jump : verb increase
  • As in lift : verb move upwards; ascend
  • As in lift : verb promote, improve
  • As in magnify : verb enlarge, intensify
  • As in raise : verb increase, augment
  • As in boost : verb increase
  • As in buttress : verb support, bolster
  • As in add : verb adjoin, increase; make further comment
  • As in upraise : verb elevate
  • As in uprear : verb elevate
  • As in admonish : verb warn, strongly criticize
  • As in aggrandize : verb cause something to seem or be greater, bigger
  • As in elevate : verb lift up
  • As in enlarge : verb make or grow bigger; increase
  • As in enrich : verb improve, embellish
  • As in amplify : verb increase in size or effect
Example sentences :
  • I had the Jack up since the morning and began to feel safer.
  • Extract from : « An Outcast of the Islands » by Joseph Conrad
  • To adjust rear wheel bearings, jack up rear axle and remove both rear wheels.
  • Extract from : « Essex Terraplane Six 1933 Owner's Manual of Information » by Anonymous
  • He'd had to jack up his schooner and build half a mile of ways before he could get her back into the sea.
  • Extract from : « A Son Of The Sun » by Jack London
  • It did not take Uncle Toby long to jack up the car, take off the tire, put in a new tube, and be ready to start again.
  • Extract from : « The Curlytops and Their Playmates » by Howard R. Garis
  • If we jack up that bonetrepannin, he called it toohis brainsd git to be like anybody elses.
  • Extract from : « Short Stories of the New America » by Various
  • I think I'll jack up our boys in the city room by hinting that there may be a shake-up coming under the new owner.
  • Extract from : « The Clarion » by Samuel Hopkins Adams
  • You can jack up the back part of an automobile when you could not possibly lift it up.
  • Extract from : « Common Science » by Carleton W. Washburne
  • If we jack up that bone'—trepannin', he called it too—'his brains'd git to be like anybody else's.'
  • Extract from : « The Best Short Stories of 1917 » by Various
  • The red-headed one set a soldering iron in place and began to jack up the rear wheel to get at the tire.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1931 » by Various

Synonyms for jack up

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