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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The four episodes, of course, turned into years after Melrose Place's ratings shot up.
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Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 15 Feb. 2025
As of today, the auto marketplace reminds us worryingly of the 1970s, when the Big Three were caught flat-footed by Toyota and other companies making smaller cars that outsold American gas guzzlers when oil prices shot up.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 14 Feb. 2025
Egg prices, which are up 53% year-over-year, shot up more than 15% from December to January.
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—Alexandra Banner, CNN, 13 Feb. 2025
Sezzle’s stock, which listed on Nasdaq in August 2023, shot up 2,000% during the first 11 months of 2024.
—Hank Tucker, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2025
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Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 15 Feb. 2025
As of today, the auto marketplace reminds us worryingly of the 1970s, when the Big Three were caught flat-footed by Toyota and other companies making smaller cars that outsold American gas guzzlers when oil prices shot up.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 14 Feb. 2025
Egg prices, which are up 53% year-over-year, shot up more than 15% from December to January.
4.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN, 13 Feb. 2025
Sezzle’s stock, which listed on Nasdaq in August 2023, shot up 2,000% during the first 11 months of 2024.
—Hank Tucker, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2025
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“Shoot up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shoot%20up. Accessed 19 Feb. 2025.
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