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
Recent Examples on the Web
In the aftermath of the storm, temperatures are expected to shoot up this week, according to the weather service.
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Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2024
And that’s even has home prices have shot up over 70% in that span.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 5 May 2024
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Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2024
And that’s even has home prices have shot up over 70% in that span.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 5 May 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 9 May. 2024.
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