shot up; shooting up; shoots up
Definition of shoot 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
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The first known use of shoot up was in 1890
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