jacket up

verb

To criticize or scold (someone).

“I prefer to jacket up workers in private.”

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Meanings

verbjacket up (third-person singular simple present jackets up, present participle jacketing up, simple past and past participle jacketed up)

present singular third person jackets up · participle present jacketing up · participle past jacketed up · past jacketed up

  1. datedtransitiveTo criticize or scold (someone).

    I prefer to jacket up workers in private.

  2. intransitiveTo put on a jacket, typically one needed for an activity (such as a life jacket or a hi-viz vest).
  3. transitiveTo lift (something) using a jack.
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APA

jacket up. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jacket%20up

MLA

“jacket up.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jacket%20up. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “jacket up,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jacket%20up.

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