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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But by September, when the Eight Series 2 is projected to go on sale for real, that price will shoot up to $799.
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Matthew Korfhage, Wired News, 23 May 2025
Listener interest shot up, and before long, Fox was once again playing small bar shows in Ohio and releasing records.
—Nate Rogers, Vulture, 22 May 2025
Unexpectedly, however, Israel shot up to the lead with a whopping 297 viewer votes, putting it in a last-minute tight race with Austria (which won by 79 points), especially as Switzerland received a surprising zero points.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 17 May 2025
As an example, trading Samuel Girard or Josh Manson could free up $5 million or $4.5 million in cap space, but the Avs would also still need to find a top-four defenseman … and the going rate for those is more than $4.5 million to $5 million with the cap ceiling shooting up the next three seasons.
—Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 15 May 2025
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Matthew Korfhage, Wired News, 23 May 2025
Listener interest shot up, and before long, Fox was once again playing small bar shows in Ohio and releasing records.
—Nate Rogers, Vulture, 22 May 2025
Unexpectedly, however, Israel shot up to the lead with a whopping 297 viewer votes, putting it in a last-minute tight race with Austria (which won by 79 points), especially as Switzerland received a surprising zero points.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 17 May 2025
As an example, trading Samuel Girard or Josh Manson could free up $5 million or $4.5 million in cap space, but the Avs would also still need to find a top-four defenseman … and the going rate for those is more than $4.5 million to $5 million with the cap ceiling shooting up the next three seasons.
—Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 15 May 2025
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“Shoot up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shoot%20up. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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