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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Urged by a fast-talking auctioneer and his familiar cadence, paddles shot up as bids climbed into the four- and five-figure range.
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Lily Moayeri, Rolling Stone, 29 Jan. 2026
Its budget was said to be $25 million, but that shot up to almost $55 million because of reshoots and delays caused by the writers’ strikes and COVID-19 outbreaks, Variety recently reported.
—Uwa Ede-Osifo, Dallas Morning News, 27 Jan. 2026
Quirk noted that on high-volume days, retail participation in equities could shoot up to close to 40% and, on the options side, as high as 50% of volume.
—Yun Li,kate Rooney,alex Harring, CNBC, 27 Jan. 2026
For its part, Intel shares shot up 168% on the back of the government’s 10% stake and follow-on deals, until the company’s earnings showed its next-generation chip technology’s yield — which directly correlates to profitability — was subpar.
—Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 27 Jan. 2026
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Lily Moayeri, Rolling Stone, 29 Jan. 2026
Its budget was said to be $25 million, but that shot up to almost $55 million because of reshoots and delays caused by the writers’ strikes and COVID-19 outbreaks, Variety recently reported.
—Uwa Ede-Osifo, Dallas Morning News, 27 Jan. 2026
Quirk noted that on high-volume days, retail participation in equities could shoot up to close to 40% and, on the options side, as high as 50% of volume.
—Yun Li,kate Rooney,alex Harring, CNBC, 27 Jan. 2026
For its part, Intel shares shot up 168% on the back of the government’s 10% stake and follow-on deals, until the company’s earnings showed its next-generation chip technology’s yield — which directly correlates to profitability — was subpar.
—Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 27 Jan. 2026
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“Shoot up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shoot%20up. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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