shoot up

verb

|Updated on: 14 Jun 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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Once the plane is declared operational however the number of planes will shoot up to more than 100 a month.

— kyle mizokami, Popular Mechanics, "Pentagon Agrees to Fix the F-35's Many Problems Before Full Production," 6 June 2018
P!nk then shot up from the stage and power-kicked the cartoon, deflating the physical statue and delivering our Saturday morning pastimes in real life.

— heran mamo, Billboard, "P!nk Sings 'Just a Girl' With Gwen Stefani & 6 More Highlights From LA Concert," 1 June 2018
First, her ex-husband was arrested earlier this month for shooting up the hotel lobby at Trump National Doral.

— david ovalle, miamiherald, "First, her ex shot up Trump's hotel. Now, this Miami Beach lawyer is in trouble for lying," 30 May 2018
On Tuesday, the value of the euro sank, yields on two-year and ten-year Italian bonds shot up, and the bond market riot contributed to a nearly 400-point drop in the Dow Jones industrial average.

— jonah shepp, Daily Intelligencer, "Italy’s Political Crisis Is Rattling Europe. Here’s What You Need to Know.," 30 May 2018
Last week a Green Oak Township teen was arraigned on felony charges for making a false terrorist threat over an online exchange about shooting up South Lyon High School.

— allie gross, Detroit Free Press, "Lockdown mode becoming the new normal at Michigan schools," 27 Feb. 2018
Women, as a rule, do not respond by shooting up schools or workplaces.

— jennifer wright, Harper's BAZAAR, "Men Are Responsible for Mass Shootings," 16 Feb. 2018
If the daily potential of death had no power to deter him, the thought of shooting up sludge from a ditch wouldn't either.

— Woman's Day, "Why I Abandoned Tough Love Instead of My Child," 1 July 2016
As barriers on people’s leaving fall away, blocks on their entering shoot up.

— michelle weber, Longreads, "You Are What Your Fingerprint Says You Are," 24 May 2018

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1890

in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

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