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
Recent Examples on the Web
Nathan asked, scandalized eyebrows shooting up towards his hairline.
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Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 12 June 2024
According to Spotify, consumption of music from India has shot up worldwide by 2,000% in the past five years.
—Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 May 2024
But the number of Medicaid patients getting them in Baltimore has dropped, even as the number of people fatally overdosing has shot up.
—Jessica Gallagher, New York Times, 23 May 2024
In recent years, the public health community has zeroed in on housing’s effects in particular, as costs have shot up and evidence has mounted about the destructive effects of housing instability.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune Well, 21 May 2024
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Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 12 June 2024
According to Spotify, consumption of music from India has shot up worldwide by 2,000% in the past five years.
—Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 May 2024
But the number of Medicaid patients getting them in Baltimore has dropped, even as the number of people fatally overdosing has shot up.
—Jessica Gallagher, New York Times, 23 May 2024
In recent years, the public health community has zeroed in on housing’s effects in particular, as costs have shot up and evidence has mounted about the destructive effects of housing instability.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune Well, 21 May 2024
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“Shoot up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shoot%20up. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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