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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Edgar Maddison Welch shot up the Comet Ping Pong pizzeria in Washington, D.C., on December 4, 2016, just weeks after Trump had been elected president for the first time.
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MSNBC Newsweek, 18 July 2025
Arizona rents shot up during the pandemic but have dipped slightly since.
—Catherine Reagor, AZCentral.com, 17 July 2025
Hands shoot up at regular intervals with shouted requests for more tsipouro.
—Derek Sandhaus, Saveur, 10 July 2025
The company’s shares shot up as soon as markets closed.
—Paolo Confino, Fortune, 9 July 2025
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MSNBC Newsweek, 18 July 2025
Arizona rents shot up during the pandemic but have dipped slightly since.
—Catherine Reagor, AZCentral.com, 17 July 2025
Hands shoot up at regular intervals with shouted requests for more tsipouro.
—Derek Sandhaus, Saveur, 10 July 2025
The company’s shares shot up as soon as markets closed.
—Paolo Confino, Fortune, 9 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for shoot up
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“Shoot up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shoot%20up. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.
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