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Verb
jack up the price

1. To sharply increase the price of something, usually suddenly; often uttered in disgust.

#: "I can't believe it," the old man complained. "They're going to jack up the price of gasoline again and after they already raised it 20 cents a gallon!"

• 2007-07-25 17:44 - Connel MacKenzie - ===Hdr===, [[User:Connel MacKenzie/Format|fmt]]

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