TODAY'S IDIOM: JACK UP THE PRICE

JACK UP THE PRICE

To raise the price of an item that is offered for sale.

Example: The steel company decided to jack up the price of steel at the beginning of the year.

Aumentar los precios.

Example sentences:

• It doesn't surprise me that they jack up the price at the last minute / No me sorprende que aumenten los precios en el último minuto.

• I can’t believe they’re going to jack up the price of gasoline again / No puedo creer que vayan a aumentar los precios de la gasolina otra vez.

Additional examples:

• Tourist season is coming; time to jack up the prices.

• Just when I was about to buy it, they jacked up the price again.

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