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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If Thursday’s consumer price index report, which showed prices actually dipping month on month and core inflation dropping to the lowest since 2021, had been released prior to the tariff chaos unleashed by U.S. President Donald Trump, stocks would probably have shot up.
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Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 11 Apr. 2025
Some won't bloom the first year, others may shoot up and require staking.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 9 Apr. 2025
Last year, the average airfare to London in April cost $581 and shot up to $718 in July, Skyscanner found.
—Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 6 Apr. 2025
Revuelta shot a 66 on Friday to shoot up the leaderboard.
—John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Apr. 2025
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Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 11 Apr. 2025
Some won't bloom the first year, others may shoot up and require staking.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 9 Apr. 2025
Last year, the average airfare to London in April cost $581 and shot up to $718 in July, Skyscanner found.
—Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 6 Apr. 2025
Revuelta shot a 66 on Friday to shoot up the leaderboard.
—John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Apr. 2025
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 23 Apr. 2025.
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