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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Then the pandemic hit, and hotel tax revenue shot up by 46% in 2020.
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Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 26 Sep. 2025
Shares of China's largest vehicle exporter, Chery Automobile, shot up during its Hong Kong debut.
—Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2025
Richardson allegedly responded by shooting up the car in a Safeway parking lot.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 25 Sep. 2025
Two gunmen shooting up a busy commuter bus and bus stop in Jerusalem, leaving six dead and many more injured.
—Greg Palkot, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2025
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Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 26 Sep. 2025
Shares of China's largest vehicle exporter, Chery Automobile, shot up during its Hong Kong debut.
—Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2025
Richardson allegedly responded by shooting up the car in a Safeway parking lot.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 25 Sep. 2025
Two gunmen shooting up a busy commuter bus and bus stop in Jerusalem, leaving six dead and many more injured.
—Greg Palkot, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 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 30 Sep. 2025.
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