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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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- look up
- mix up
- pull out
- space out
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- stand up
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- answer on a postcard
- as if
- at home
- be all ears
- beat a dead horse
- bend somebody's ear
- breathe easy
- call a spade a spade
- cheek by jowl
- every man jack
- fair game
- first port of call
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- full speed ahead
- go out of one's way
- half a mind
- hang out one's shingle
- hit someone for six
- home stretch
- keep quiet
- light up
- make an honest woman
- make out like a bandit
- no slouch
- on a full stomach
- on the horn
- on the pill
- on top of the world
- one fell swoop
- one-off
- over one's head
- pachyderm
- party pooper
- penny pincher
- piffy on a rock bun
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