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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Traffic on its website increased 24% year over year and traffic on its app shot up 48%.
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Melissa Repko, CNBC, 11 Dec. 2025
Strange Town Chef and owner Mia LeTendre said in a message that the cost of running a restaurant has shot up due to tariffs, all while customers are dining out less to save money.
—Bridget Fogarty, jsonline.com, 10 Dec. 2025
When Victoria’s Secret reported stellar quarterly results last week, shares shot up 14% and likely gave Hillary Super some breathing room from the activist investors pushing the lingerie company to, among other things, consider whether the CEO of 16 months is up to the task of turning it around.
—Phil Wahba, Fortune, 10 Dec. 2025
Premodern texts describe Kundalini’s fiery energy burning through the tissues of the body, shooting up to the crown of the head, where the feminine Shakti unites with her masculine counterpart and all dissolves into oneness.
—Anya Foxen, The Conversation, 9 Dec. 2025
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Melissa Repko, CNBC, 11 Dec. 2025
Strange Town Chef and owner Mia LeTendre said in a message that the cost of running a restaurant has shot up due to tariffs, all while customers are dining out less to save money.
—Bridget Fogarty, jsonline.com, 10 Dec. 2025
When Victoria’s Secret reported stellar quarterly results last week, shares shot up 14% and likely gave Hillary Super some breathing room from the activist investors pushing the lingerie company to, among other things, consider whether the CEO of 16 months is up to the task of turning it around.
—Phil Wahba, Fortune, 10 Dec. 2025
Premodern texts describe Kundalini’s fiery energy burning through the tissues of the body, shooting up to the crown of the head, where the feminine Shakti unites with her masculine counterpart and all dissolves into oneness.
—Anya Foxen, The Conversation, 9 Dec. 2025
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“Shoot up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shoot%20up. Accessed 17 Dec. 2025.
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