Phrasal Verbs
- 1to grow very quickly Their kids have really shot up since the last time I saw them.
- 2to rise suddenly by a large amount Ticket prices shot up last year. Language Bankincreasedescribing an increase
- The number of foreign students in the U.S. increased from 622,000 in 2009 to just over 672,000 in 2010.
- First-time student enrollments shot up/increased dramatically in 2010.
- 2010 saw a significant rise in student numbers.
- The number of foreign students increased by almost 8% compared with the previous year.
- The 2010 figure was 672,000, an increase of 8% from the previous year.
- The 2010 figure was 672,000, up 8%from the previous year.
- As the chart shows, this can partly be explained by a dramatic increase in students from China.
- The number of Chinese undergraduate students rose sharply from 81,000 in 2009 to 98,000 in 2010.
- 3(slang) to inject an illegal drug directly into your blood
- 1to cause great damage to something by shooting
- 2[no passive] (slang) to inject an illegal drug directly into your blood