I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
Jack Bauer
Jack Frost
Jack Robinson
Jack the Lad
jumping jack
Union Jack
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
hydraulic
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They plan to use a hydraulic jack to lift the assembly up and out of the reactor.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
I'm all right Jack
all work and no play (makes Jack a dull boy)
before you can say Jack Robinson
every man jack
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He put his finger in the jack of the outlet.
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Iain, skipping his father, then extricated them by trailing the jack and adding perfect drawing shots to collect a four.
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Twin motor jack on stabilizer for pitch trim.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
up
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By jacking up the price of the cheapest disposal route, a landfill tax makes other options look more attractive.
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But they are not mere company drones used only to jack up corporate profits.
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Lizzy looked over the child's head to where the man was jacking up .
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Ever since Congress decided to jack up the price of sugar.
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The wage explosions also had an immediate economic impact: by jacking up costs they squeezed profits further and boosted inflation.
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For the first time in years, there were no stadium tours to jack up the year-end grosses.
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Companies bid low to get the first contract, assuming they can jack up the price later.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But they are not mere company drones used only to jack up corporate profits.
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By jacking up the price of the cheapest disposal route, a landfill tax makes other options look more attractive.
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Ever since Congress decided to jack up the price of sugar.
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For the first time in years, there were no stadium tours to jack up the year-end grosses.
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So I couldn't jack it in when things were going well.
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We've come to tell you to jack it in.
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We were always putting pressure on him to jack it in.