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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In 2021, the semiconductor shortage peaked as global semiconductor sales shot up 26.2% over 2020—the highest-ever annual total at $555.9 billion.
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Steve Flagg, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
This year, the number of surplus units shot up to 5,274 because so many new apartment complexes were completed in 2024.
—Laura Kinsler, Orlando Sentinel, 9 Mar. 2025
That shot up to around $1,995 per hour during Lyndon Johnson’s administration.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 6 Mar. 2025
After the 1981 tax cuts and increases in defense spending caused deficit projections to shoot up, and investors to get nervous, Reagan reached a budget deal with Tip O’Neill, the Democratic Speaker of the House, that raised taxes and preserved Social Security.
—John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
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Steve Flagg, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
This year, the number of surplus units shot up to 5,274 because so many new apartment complexes were completed in 2024.
—Laura Kinsler, Orlando Sentinel, 9 Mar. 2025
That shot up to around $1,995 per hour during Lyndon Johnson’s administration.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 6 Mar. 2025
After the 1981 tax cuts and increases in defense spending caused deficit projections to shoot up, and investors to get nervous, Reagan reached a budget deal with Tip O’Neill, the Democratic Speaker of the House, that raised taxes and preserved Social Security.
—John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
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“Shoot up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shoot%20up. Accessed 18 Mar. 2025.
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