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were jacking
noun
A mechanical device used to raise and (temporarily) support a heavy object, e.g. screw jack, scissor jack, hydraulic jack, ratchet jack, scaffold jack.
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It says it took that action because heroin addicts were jacking up among the swings and roundabouts.
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"We were jacked up all night," Mathis said.
His hair was slicked back, and his pants were jacked up preposterously high by suspenders.
And some were jacked up on caffeine, D'Cruze said.
And he was jacking cars and menacing pedestrians.
Other states will be jacking up levies to meet shortfalls.
Those who aren't are jacking up rents.
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No surprise, then, that the big telecom companies are jacking up fees for broadband access.
If you are "jacking" a bullfrog, blind it.
Chock (block) the wheels opposite of the end you are jacking.
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