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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Tame animals in a petting-zoo area get their enclosures shot up by Russian troops, just for fun.
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Dennis Harvey, Variety, 8 Jan. 2025
The number will likely shoot up over the coming days as more people watch on catch up.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 2 Jan. 2025
Between 2019 and 2022, the industry’s revenue shot up by 60%, growing from $2.85 billion to $4.65 billion.
—Sho Dewan, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
Indeed, Endo’s own research, provided to the FDA in 2016, showed that many users switched to shooting up when abusing the product.
—Bob Fernandez, ProPublica, 17 Dec. 2024
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Dennis Harvey, Variety, 8 Jan. 2025
The number will likely shoot up over the coming days as more people watch on catch up.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 2 Jan. 2025
Between 2019 and 2022, the industry’s revenue shot up by 60%, growing from $2.85 billion to $4.65 billion.
—Sho Dewan, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
Indeed, Endo’s own research, provided to the FDA in 2016, showed that many users switched to shooting up when abusing the product.
—Bob Fernandez, ProPublica, 17 Dec. 2024
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“Shoot up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shoot%20up. Accessed 15 Jan. 2025.
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