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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The grand prize, which was the seventh-largest in history on Christmas Eve, has shot up to become the fifth-largest.
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Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 24 Dec. 2024
The stocks in Turkish construction, cement and steel companies shot up after the Assad government fell.
—Patricia Cohen, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2024
The price of eggs alone shot up by 8.2 percent at the national level in November—a staggering jump likely to stun Americans at the grocery store.
—Gord Magill, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
The effect of the August restrictions and December ban has been significant: Since August 12, two days before the antimony restrictions, the price of antimony has shot up by over 69 percent.
—Jeffrey Weng, National Review, 20 Dec. 2024
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Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 24 Dec. 2024
The stocks in Turkish construction, cement and steel companies shot up after the Assad government fell.
—Patricia Cohen, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2024
The price of eggs alone shot up by 8.2 percent at the national level in November—a staggering jump likely to stun Americans at the grocery store.
—Gord Magill, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
The effect of the August restrictions and December ban has been significant: Since August 12, two days before the antimony restrictions, the price of antimony has shot up by over 69 percent.
—Jeffrey Weng, National Review, 20 Dec. 2024
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“Shoot up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shoot%20up. Accessed 8 Jan. 2025.
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