shoot up
phrasal verbshoot up
- to grow very quickly
- Their kids have shot up since I last saw them.
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- to rise suddenly by a large amount
- Ticket prices shot up last year.
- (slang) to inject an illegal drug directly into your blood
shoot something up
- to cause great damage to something by shooting
- [no passive] (slang) to inject an illegal drug directly into your blood