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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When President Barack Obama took office in 2009, this figure shot up to 63%.
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Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 15 Aug. 2025
The producer price index for July shot up 0.9% on the month, higher than the Dow Jones estimate of a 0.2% gain.
—Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 15 Aug. 2025
Spending from January to July shot up 20.8% compared to the same period a year ago, while revenue increased just 2.8% during that span.
—Ashley Lutz, Fortune, 9 Aug. 2025
The stock, which several analysts say is wildly overvalued (with a market cap valuing it at around 100 times its annual revenue), has shot up nearly 600% from a year ago.
—Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2025
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Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 15 Aug. 2025
The producer price index for July shot up 0.9% on the month, higher than the Dow Jones estimate of a 0.2% gain.
—Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 15 Aug. 2025
Spending from January to July shot up 20.8% compared to the same period a year ago, while revenue increased just 2.8% during that span.
—Ashley Lutz, Fortune, 9 Aug. 2025
The stock, which several analysts say is wildly overvalued (with a market cap valuing it at around 100 times its annual revenue), has shot up nearly 600% from a year ago.
—Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2025
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“Shoot up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shoot%20up. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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