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
Recent Examples on the Web
Between 2022 and 2023, property taxes shot up as much as 31% in some parts of the country, recent data shows.
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Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2024
According to Crumbley, the gun his son used to shoot up his school was hidden in his bedroom armoire, unloaded in a case, with the bullets hidden in a separate drawer.
—Detroit Free Press, 8 Apr. 2024
Amid such concerns, EU diplomats say industrial competitiveness is set to shoot up the list of priorities once a new European Commission takes office after the elections.
—Ewa Krukowska, Fortune Europe, 5 Apr. 2024
Sports Why Iowa’s Caitlin Clark is playing against — and not for — UConn in Final Four
April 3, 2024
Ticket sales ahead of the highly anticipated start of next month’s WNBA season have shot up over last year and many are pointing to the talent expected to join the league.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2024
The stock’s price has been volatile since then, shooting up as high as $79.38 on its first day of trading Tuesday before closing below $50 Monday.
—Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY, 1 Apr. 2024
Several generations of border wall cut through the area – with older barriers blending in with the vegetation, and newer structures shooting up toward the sky like the spine of a giant beast resting on the steep mountains.
—Rosa Flores, CNN, 29 Mar. 2024
The feature finds its essential tension in its approach to Neeson’s on-screen image — here, playing a gentle elder embedded in a quiet town, but also unforgettably an actor that has buttered his bread shooting up criminal henchmen for nearly two decades now.
—J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 28 Mar. 2024
Costs for all types of construction work and materials shot up.
—Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 30 Mar. 2024
Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2024
According to Crumbley, the gun his son used to shoot up his school was hidden in his bedroom armoire, unloaded in a case, with the bullets hidden in a separate drawer.
—Detroit Free Press, 8 Apr. 2024
Amid such concerns, EU diplomats say industrial competitiveness is set to shoot up the list of priorities once a new European Commission takes office after the elections.
—Ewa Krukowska, Fortune Europe, 5 Apr. 2024
Sports Why Iowa’s Caitlin Clark is playing against — and not for — UConn in Final Four
April 3, 2024
Ticket sales ahead of the highly anticipated start of next month’s WNBA season have shot up over last year and many are pointing to the talent expected to join the league.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2024
The stock’s price has been volatile since then, shooting up as high as $79.38 on its first day of trading Tuesday before closing below $50 Monday.
—Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY, 1 Apr. 2024
Several generations of border wall cut through the area – with older barriers blending in with the vegetation, and newer structures shooting up toward the sky like the spine of a giant beast resting on the steep mountains.
—Rosa Flores, CNN, 29 Mar. 2024
The feature finds its essential tension in its approach to Neeson’s on-screen image — here, playing a gentle elder embedded in a quiet town, but also unforgettably an actor that has buttered his bread shooting up criminal henchmen for nearly two decades now.
—J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 28 Mar. 2024
Costs for all types of construction work and materials shot up.
—Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 30 Mar. 2024
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“Shoot up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shoot%20up. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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