shoot (up)

verb

Definition of shoot (up)next
as in to soar
to rise abruptly and rapidly gas prices shot up seemingly overnight

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shoot (up)
  1. soar
  2. increase
  3. rocket
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  • Many say falling birth rates are due to the soaring cost of living, as well as the growing number of women going into the workforce and seeking higher education.
    Beatrice Nolan, Fortune Asia, 17 Jan. 2025
  • During the pandemic, the soaring cost of essentials like food, fuel and rent only deepened the country's widespread precarity — a gnawing sense of financial insecurity that has left tens of millions of Americans vulnerable to job losses, medical problems and even modest economic dips.
    Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 17 Jan. 2025
Definition of soar
Verb
  • Investment in women's health is increasing, from VC to private equity.
    Geri Stengel, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
  • Research suggests high levels can increase the risk of heart attacks, strokes, and arrhythmias, while also raising blood pressure.
    Angela Haupt, TIME, 14 Jan. 2025
Definition of increase
Verb
  • The optimism sent prices rocketing for weeks before cooling at the end of the year.
    Tanaya Macheel, CNBC, 6 Jan. 2025
  • The project has been beset by delays, legal challenges, rocketing costs, and the emotionally complicated spectacle of very old Holocaust survivors speaking both in favor and against it.
    Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 2 Jan. 2025
Definition of rocket
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Thesaurus Entries Near shoot (up)

shoot the breeze

shoot (up)

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