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    [Noun]  | "jack-up" | \ ˈjak-ˌəp \


    1: a drilling rig used in offshore drilling whose drilling platform is a barge from which legs are lowered to the bottom when over the drill site and which is raised above the water and supported on the legs to conduct drilling operations


    Origin: 1961 ;

    [Verb]  | "jack up" 


    1: to move or lift (something, such as an automobile) with or as if with a jack

    2: to raise the level or amount of (something) : increase

    3: to increase (something) in intensity, scope, etc.


    Origin: 1853 ;

    [Verb]  | "jack (up)" 


    1: to lift with effort;


      * e.g., " ... jack up the car so we can change that tire "





    2: to move from a lower to a higher place or position;


      * e.g., " ... local restaurants jacked up their prices for the summer tourist season "



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