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 video shows the steaming pool bubble ever so slightly before a bulb of steam and black mud shoots up from the geyser.
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Brooke Baitinger, Sacbee.com, 4 June 2025
When mortgage rates suddenly shot up after the Federal Reserve started its aggressive rate-hiking campaign to lower inflation in 2022, higher monthly payments had the effect of discouraging buyers and locking existing homeowners into their homes, exacerbating the supply shortage.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 June 2025
After a years-long shortage, inventory has started to rebound: The number of Realtor.com listings shot up nearly 20% between March 2024 and March 2025.
—Kelsey Neubauer, CNBC, 30 May 2025
As Junior later described it, one asked if the other was going to shoot up the school tomorrow.
—Aliyya Swaby, ProPublica, 29 May 2025
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Brooke Baitinger, Sacbee.com, 4 June 2025
When mortgage rates suddenly shot up after the Federal Reserve started its aggressive rate-hiking campaign to lower inflation in 2022, higher monthly payments had the effect of discouraging buyers and locking existing homeowners into their homes, exacerbating the supply shortage.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 June 2025
After a years-long shortage, inventory has started to rebound: The number of Realtor.com listings shot up nearly 20% between March 2024 and March 2025.
—Kelsey Neubauer, CNBC, 30 May 2025
As Junior later described it, one asked if the other was going to shoot up the school tomorrow.
—Aliyya Swaby, ProPublica, 29 May 2025
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“Shoot up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shoot%20up. Accessed 8 Jun. 2025.
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