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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Gas prices have shot up almost 90 cents a gallon over the past month in Maryland, according to AAA Mid-Atlantic, leading to an emergency push by Republican lawmakers to temporarily suspend the state's gas tax.
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Mike Hellgren, CBS News, 21 Mar. 2026
Former foe Hayden Stagg (Stephen Graham) even joins the Peaky Blinders to shoot up the Nazis.
—Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 20 Mar. 2026
The price of Brent crude oil today shot up to over $116 a barrel.
—Raf Sanchez, NBC news, 19 Mar. 2026
Jet fuel prices have shot up, and experts say airfares are following suit.
—Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2026
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Mike Hellgren, CBS News, 21 Mar. 2026
Former foe Hayden Stagg (Stephen Graham) even joins the Peaky Blinders to shoot up the Nazis.
—Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 20 Mar. 2026
The price of Brent crude oil today shot up to over $116 a barrel.
—Raf Sanchez, NBC news, 19 Mar. 2026
Jet fuel prices have shot up, and experts say airfares are following suit.
—Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2026
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“Shoot up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shoot%20up. Accessed 25 Mar. 2026.
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