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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At the same time, the monthly rental charges have shot up at a far faster pace than the Jensens ever levied, according to residents.
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Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 30 Apr. 2026
In early September of 2023, a week after Hurricane Idalia shot up between the Yucatan Peninsula and Cuba and made landfall in Florida’s Panhandle, birders in Florida, Ohio, North and South Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, Alabama, Texas and Kentucky started reporting sightings of Flamingos.
—Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 29 Apr. 2026
As usual, digital ads fueled by Google’s dominant search engine propelled the growth as revenue from those operations shot up 16% from last year’s first quarter.
—ABC News, 29 Apr. 2026
Drivers in Pennsylvania and the Philadelphia five-county area can expect to pay even more at the pump after gas prices shot up overnight.
—Alexandra Simon, CBS News, 28 Apr. 2026
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Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 30 Apr. 2026
In early September of 2023, a week after Hurricane Idalia shot up between the Yucatan Peninsula and Cuba and made landfall in Florida’s Panhandle, birders in Florida, Ohio, North and South Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, Alabama, Texas and Kentucky started reporting sightings of Flamingos.
—Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 29 Apr. 2026
As usual, digital ads fueled by Google’s dominant search engine propelled the growth as revenue from those operations shot up 16% from last year’s first quarter.
—ABC News, 29 Apr. 2026
Drivers in Pennsylvania and the Philadelphia five-county area can expect to pay even more at the pump after gas prices shot up overnight.
—Alexandra Simon, CBS News, 28 Apr. 2026
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“Shoot up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shoot%20up. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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