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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Shares of Tesla shot up about 12% in limited trading after the earnings release, eating into the more than 15% in October loss as of the conclusion of Wednesday’s normal trading hours, with gains accelerating as Musk took the microphone at the 5:30 p.m. EDT earnings call.
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Derek Saul, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
That shot up to 74% in August 2022, two months after the Dobbs decision.
—Gabrielle M. Etzel, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 20 Oct. 2024
In May 2023, law enforcement interviewed him about allegedly threatening to shoot up a school.
—Emily Palmer, People.com, 18 Oct. 2024
These small, inexpensive devices are easy to install onto semi-automatic firearms to immediately turn them into fully automatic weapons, allowing users to shoot up to 1,200 rounds a minute.
—Anna Schecter, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2024
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Derek Saul, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
That shot up to 74% in August 2022, two months after the Dobbs decision.
—Gabrielle M. Etzel, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 20 Oct. 2024
In May 2023, law enforcement interviewed him about allegedly threatening to shoot up a school.
—Emily Palmer, People.com, 18 Oct. 2024
These small, inexpensive devices are easy to install onto semi-automatic firearms to immediately turn them into fully automatic weapons, allowing users to shoot up to 1,200 rounds a minute.
—Anna Schecter, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for shoot up
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“Shoot up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shoot%20up. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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