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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Another report this week showed that wholesale prices shot up 6% from a year ago, the highest point in more than three years.
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Matt Ott, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2026
The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index, meanwhile, shot up a mindboggling 70% between late March and Monday’s close.
—Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 13 May 2026
Gas and diesel prices also have shot up.
—ABC News, 13 May 2026
Friday brings less of a chance of rain, but that shoots up to 40% on Saturday night and Sunday, the weather service says.
—Alexandra Phelps, Miami Herald, 13 May 2026
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Matt Ott, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2026
The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index, meanwhile, shot up a mindboggling 70% between late March and Monday’s close.
—Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 13 May 2026
Gas and diesel prices also have shot up.
—ABC News, 13 May 2026
Friday brings less of a chance of rain, but that shoots up to 40% on Saturday night and Sunday, the weather service says.
—Alexandra Phelps, Miami Herald, 13 May 2026
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“Shoot up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shoot%20up. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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