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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After the draw revealed a strong possibility of Argentina and/or England coming to AT&T Stadium, prices shot up by several hundred dollars on resale sites.
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Dec. 2025
Once the floor opened for questions, hands shot up across the auditorium.
—Essie Assibu, Variety, 5 Dec. 2025
Shares of the company formerly known as Facebook shot up 7% early Thursday in response to a Bloomberg report that CEO Mark Zuckerberg is slashing the metaverse team’s budget by as much as 30%.
—Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 4 Dec. 2025
Burry — who recently deregistered his hedge fund and launched a Substack blog — said investors should consider selling holdings that have shot up during this run.
—Alex Harring, CNBC, 3 Dec. 2025
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Dec. 2025
Once the floor opened for questions, hands shot up across the auditorium.
—Essie Assibu, Variety, 5 Dec. 2025
Shares of the company formerly known as Facebook shot up 7% early Thursday in response to a Bloomberg report that CEO Mark Zuckerberg is slashing the metaverse team’s budget by as much as 30%.
—Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 4 Dec. 2025
Burry — who recently deregistered his hedge fund and launched a Substack blog — said investors should consider selling holdings that have shot up during this run.
—Alex Harring, CNBC, 3 Dec. 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 12 Dec. 2025.
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