shoot up

verb

|Updated on: 9 Aug 2018

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Definition of shoot up

transitive verb

1 : to shoot or shoot at especially recklessly

cowboys shooting up the town

2 : to inject (a narcotic drug) into a vein

intransitive verb

: to inject a narcotic into a vein

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shoot-up

play \ˈshüt-ˌəp\ noun

Examples of shoot up in a Sentence

gas prices shot up seemingly overnight

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Getty Images As New York City faced near-bankruptcy in the mid-1970s, teacher layoffs caused class sizes to shoot up to 45 or 50 students per class and school staffs were reduced to a minimum.

— time staff, Time, "The 25 Moments From American History That Matter Right Now," 28 June 2018
Storm satellite imagery showed the thunderstorm complex shooting up tens of thousands of feet into the atmosphere.

— jason samenow, Washington Post, "Tornado injures 8 in Kansas town, part of towering, ‘jaw-dropping’ complex of storms (Photos)," 27 June 2018
But gas prices tend to lag behind the oil markets for a few days and prices have been dropping even while the cost for a barrel of crude oil shot up about 5 percent last week to settle at $68.58 last week.

— kyle arnold, OrlandoSentinel.com, "Orlando gas prices expected to rise again with oil volatility," 25 June 2018
When the economy collapsed later in the decade and gasoline prices shot up to more than $4 gallon, many buyers ditched their SUVs for smaller, more fuel-efficient cars.

— christina rogers, WSJ, "Americans’ Love Affair With Huge Vehicles Collides With Tiny Parking Spaces," 15 June 2018
Juszkiewicz has a colourful reputation as a businessman, a reportedly irascible and temperamental character, he was known for taking his sales execs to a gun range to shoot up Fenders, Gibson's main rival guitar brand.

— cary darling, Houston Chronicle, "Let’s Go, EaDo: What to check out on Houston’s changing east side," 14 June 2018
In recent weeks, the pace of children being taken from parents has shot up dramatically.

— benjamin hart, Daily Intelligencer, "Honduran Man Killed Himself After Being Separated From Family at Border," 9 June 2018
San Francisco city officials widely agree that safe injection sites are worth trying, especially since the status quo — people shooting up openly on our sidewalks — is untenable.

— heather knight, San Francisco Chronicle, "San Francisco would defy federal law with safe injection sites," 21 May 2018
His swing rates, meanwhile, are down across the board, while his contact rates have shot up.

— si.com staff, SI.com, "Quarter-Season Roundtable: Are the Dodgers Finished? Are the Braves Legitimate?," 17 May 2018

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