What does jig up mean?

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jig up

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.10 in modern English

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Australian usage; Intransitive verb; Obsolete; Transitive verb

jigs up (present, singular) jigging up (participle, present) jigged up (participle, past) jigged up (past)

jack up

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