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To stop doing a regular activity. Often a job or studies.
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I've had enough of working nights, so I'm going to jack in my job. May also be split as in I'm going to jack my job in.
Submitted on July 31, 2012
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- lay down
- put aside
- put away
- think up
- tide over
- belly up
- as if
- as well
- be all ears
- birds and bees
- buy time
- call a spade a spade
- center field
- every man jack
- field day
- flower
- get the ball rolling
- give somebody an earful
- go out on a limb
- go red
- grace period
- hang out one's shingle
- heebie-jeebies
- hem and haw
- honest-to-goodness
- in evidence
- in one's cups
- it takes two to tango
- labor of love
- lion
- long row to hoe
- no holds barred
- not be caught dead
- not half bad
- oh dark thirty
- on a roll
- on the horn
- on the spot
- one-off
- out of house and home
- out of line
- penny pincher
- play one's cards right
- point the finger at
- pump iron
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- take one's time
- take the liberty
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