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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Gold prices shot up more than 1% to about $3,450 per troy ounce and Brent crude oil prices spiked more than 6% to $74 per barrel, while cryptocurrency tokens bitcoin and ether slumped 2% and 4% in the 24-hour period ending 1 p.m. EDT, respectively.
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Derek Saul, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
This image from webcam footage provided by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) shows lava fountains shooting up high in the latest episode of an ongoing eruption of Kilauea volcano inside Hawaii Volcanoes National Park on Wednesday, June 11, 2025.
—CBS News, 12 June 2025
The Shanghai-to-New York route had a major stabilization as well, shooting up 96 percent in a four-week span before inching up 2 percent to $7,285 per container.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 12 June 2025
But in 2024, Murdock’s wealth shot up to $3.4 billion, according to the annual Forbes list of the world’s richest people, making for a 48% rise.
—Catherine Muccigrosso, Charlotte Observer, 11 June 2025
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Derek Saul, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
This image from webcam footage provided by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) shows lava fountains shooting up high in the latest episode of an ongoing eruption of Kilauea volcano inside Hawaii Volcanoes National Park on Wednesday, June 11, 2025.
—CBS News, 12 June 2025
The Shanghai-to-New York route had a major stabilization as well, shooting up 96 percent in a four-week span before inching up 2 percent to $7,285 per container.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 12 June 2025
But in 2024, Murdock’s wealth shot up to $3.4 billion, according to the annual Forbes list of the world’s richest people, making for a 48% rise.
—Catherine Muccigrosso, Charlotte Observer, 11 June 2025
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“Shoot up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shoot%20up. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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