shoot up
verb
shot up; shooting up; shoots up
1
: to shoot or shoot at especially recklessly
cowboys shooting up the town
2
: to inject (a narcotic drug) into a vein
: to inject a narcotic into a vein
Examples of shoot up in a Sentence
gas prices shot up seemingly overnight
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With a median pickup, the risk shoots up from 11% to 91%.
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Tanya Mohn, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
GameStop — The meme stock shot up 8% after the video game retailer swung to an unexpected profit in the latest quarter.
—Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 11 Dec. 2024
Prices for food purchased for at-home consumption shot up 0.5% from October, marking the largest monthly increase since January 2023.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
With a median [height] pickup, the risk shoots up from 11% to 91%.
—Tucker Reals, CBS News, 10 Dec. 2024
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Tanya Mohn, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
GameStop — The meme stock shot up 8% after the video game retailer swung to an unexpected profit in the latest quarter.
—Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 11 Dec. 2024
Prices for food purchased for at-home consumption shot up 0.5% from October, marking the largest monthly increase since January 2023.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
With a median [height] pickup, the risk shoots up from 11% to 91%.
—Tucker Reals, CBS News, 10 Dec. 2024
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“Shoot up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shoot%20up. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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