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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But the recent incident in Cambridge where a gunman allegedly ran loose on Memorial Drive randomly shooting up the place — and her reaction to it — has not helped her.
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Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 28 May 2026
After years of building a reputation as Latin music’s most beloved underground rapper, Sayonara shot up the charts and landed on multiple best of lists (including Rolling Stone’s Best Latin Albums) and scored several Latin Grammy nominations.
—Julyssa Lopez, VIBE.com, 26 May 2026
After years building a reputation as Latin music’s most beloved underground rapper, Sayonara shot up the charts and landed on multiple best of lists (including Rolling Stone’s Best Latin Albums) and scored several Latin Grammy nominations.
—Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 25 May 2026
Kuziela was 5-foot-10 as a junior at Marist and then shot up to 6-6 as a senior.
—Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 24 May 2026
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Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 28 May 2026
After years of building a reputation as Latin music’s most beloved underground rapper, Sayonara shot up the charts and landed on multiple best of lists (including Rolling Stone’s Best Latin Albums) and scored several Latin Grammy nominations.
—Julyssa Lopez, VIBE.com, 26 May 2026
After years building a reputation as Latin music’s most beloved underground rapper, Sayonara shot up the charts and landed on multiple best of lists (including Rolling Stone’s Best Latin Albums) and scored several Latin Grammy nominations.
—Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 25 May 2026
Kuziela was 5-foot-10 as a junior at Marist and then shot up to 6-6 as a senior.
—Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 24 May 2026
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“Shoot up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shoot%20up. Accessed 3 Jun. 2026.
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