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Definition shoot up in British English

shoot up phrasal verb

phrasal verb
1

to increase quickly by a large amount

Example

Petrol prices have shot up in the last six months.

Synonyms and related words
increase go up add to
2

to grow taller very quickly

Example

She's shot up since the last time we saw her.

Synonyms and related words
grow expand swell
3

to destroy something by shooting bullets at it

Synonyms and related words
destroy ruin devastate shoot blast spray
4

to put an illegal drug into your body with a needle

Synonyms and related words
abuse be jacked up come down
Definition shoot up in British English