Tom jacked up his buddy by talking to him.
•Tom jacked up Fred with a lot of encouragement.
2. Sl. to motivate someone; to stimulate someone to do something. •The mail is late again today. We'll have to jack those people up at the post office.
•I guess I'll have to jack up the carpenter again to repair my stairs.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
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