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jig up

jig up verb: synonym of jack up.

Verb

jig up (third-person singular simple present jigs up, present participle jigging up, simple past and past participle jigged up)

  1. (Australia, West-Country, dialectal, intransitive, obsolete, transitive) Synonym of jack up.
    Synonyms:
    jack up

Synonyms of jig up

Forms of jig up

third-person singular presentjigs up
present participlejigging up
past participlejigged up
pastjigged up

Questions about jig up

What does jig up mean?
Jig up means synonym of jack up.
What part of speech is jig up?
Jig up is a verb.
What is the past tense of jig up?
The past tense of jig up is jigged up.

Words near jig up in the dictionary

  1. jig borer
  2. jig borers
  3. jig saw
  4. jig saws
  5. jig show
  6. jig up
  7. jig-a-jig
  8. jig-jig
  9. jig-jog
  10. jigaboo
  11. jigaboos

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