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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The share of other immigration violation arrests shot up throughout 2025, reaching 48% in September.
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Ethan Varian, Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2026
Instead of acting as a refuge, US government bonds took their cue from surging crude prices and yields shot up, with inflation fears taking center stage at a time when prices are already running higher than central banks would like.
—Michael MacKenzie, Bloomberg, 8 Mar. 2026
Gas prices are expected to continue to shoot up.
—Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 5 Mar. 2026
Prices of flights between Asia and Europe have shot up as a result of the closures, Reuters reports.
—Marnie Hunter, CNN Money, 4 Mar. 2026
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Ethan Varian, Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2026
Instead of acting as a refuge, US government bonds took their cue from surging crude prices and yields shot up, with inflation fears taking center stage at a time when prices are already running higher than central banks would like.
—Michael MacKenzie, Bloomberg, 8 Mar. 2026
Gas prices are expected to continue to shoot up.
—Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 5 Mar. 2026
Prices of flights between Asia and Europe have shot up as a result of the closures, Reuters reports.
—Marnie Hunter, CNN Money, 4 Mar. 2026
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“Shoot up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shoot%20up. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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