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jigs up

jigs up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of jig up.

Meaning of jig 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

Questions about jigs up

What is jigs up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Jigs up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of jig up.

Words near jigs up in the dictionary

  1. jigot
  2. jigots
  3. jigpin
  4. jigpins
  5. jigs
  6. jigs up
  7. jigsaw
  8. jigsaw identification
  9. jigsaw puzzle
  10. jigsaw puzzler
  11. jigsaw puzzlers

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