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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Jurors also saw body-camera footage from May 21, 2023, when deputies with the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office visited Colt and Colin Gray’s home after receiving an FBI tip about a threat on the messaging app Discord to shoot up a school.
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Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 20 Feb. 2026
And the cost per ton of recycling has shot up.
—Eric Kober, New York Daily News, 19 Feb. 2026
The goods gap with Taiwan doubled to $147 billion and shot up 44%, to $178 billion, with Vietnam.
—ABC News, 19 Feb. 2026
Video shows firefighters battling the flames shooting up out of the ground, incinerating nearby cars.
—Elijah Westbrook, CBS News, 18 Feb. 2026
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Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 20 Feb. 2026
And the cost per ton of recycling has shot up.
—Eric Kober, New York Daily News, 19 Feb. 2026
The goods gap with Taiwan doubled to $147 billion and shot up 44%, to $178 billion, with Vietnam.
—ABC News, 19 Feb. 2026
Video shows firefighters battling the flames shooting up out of the ground, incinerating nearby cars.
—Elijah Westbrook, CBS News, 18 Feb. 2026
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“Shoot up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shoot%20up. Accessed 24 Feb. 2026.
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