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jack up	To ruin; wreck; mess up; screw up; sometimes as a bowdlerized substitution for f** up.	(4.33 / 3 votes)
jack up	To raise, hoist, or lift a thing using a jack, or similar means.	(4.00 / 2 votes)
jack in	To stop doing a regular activity. Often a job or studies.	(3.00 / 1 vote)
jack in	To insert an electronic coupling into a receptacle; to connect to something, whether involving a physical medium or not.	(3.00 / 1 vote)
jack up	To raise, increase, or accelerate; often said of prices, fees, or rates. See also jack up the price.	(0.00 / 0 votes)
jack-tar	Alternative spelling of jacktar.	(0.00 / 0 votes)
every man jack	All the members of a group with no exceptions.	(0.00 / 0 votes)
jack it in	An imperative to stop doing something that the speaker finds annoying.	(0.00 / 0 votes)
jack of all trades	One competent in many endeavors, especially one who excels in none of them.	(0.00 / 0 votes)
every jack has his jill	everybody will find someone to have a romantic relationship with at some point in their life	(0.00 / 0 votes)
before you can say jack robinson	Very quickly. Quicker than you expect.	(0.00 / 0 votes)
all work and no play makes jack a dull boy	Too much focus on one's career is often viewed unfavorably.Too much hard work and not enough leisure time can be unhealthy.	(0.00 / 0 votes)
jack of all trades, master of none	A person who has a competent grasp of many skills but who is not outstanding in any one.	(3.00 / 1 vote)
jack of all trades, master of none	A master of integration, who knows enough from many learned trades and skills to be able to bring their disciplines together in a practical manner; a polymath; a renaissance man.	(0.00 / 0 votes)
factotum	Jack of all trades.	(0.00 / 0 votes)

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