shoot up

verb

shot up; shooting up; shoots up

transitive verb

: to shoot or shoot at especially recklessly

cowboys shooting up the town

: to inject (a narcotic drug) into a vein

intransitive verb

: to inject a narcotic into a vein

shoot-up

ˈshüt-ˌəp

noun

Examples of shoot up in a Sentence

gas prices shot up seemingly overnight

Recent Examples on the Web Over in Italy, that figure skyrocketed from less than 20 to almost 70 and in France, the number of high-end places shot up from 20 to nearly 50. —

Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 1 Oct. 2024 Singer Gibby Haynes squirted flammable liquid on a cymbal, set it ablaze, and kept smashing the cymbal with a drumstick—flames shot up to the ceiling! —

Simon Reynolds, Pitchfork, 27 Sep. 2024 Anna Barclay | Getty Images Trump Media stock shot up Wednesday, as the company majority owned by Donald Trump looked to claw back losses from a punishing sell-off that picked up steam after insiders’ lockups expired. —

Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2024 The mixtape shoots up the Billboard 200 after vinyl copies of the set were shipped. —

Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for shoot up

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