shoot up
Meaning
- (figuratively, intransitive, sometimes) To grow taller or larger rapidly.
- (transitive) To fire many bullets or shells at.
- (transitive) To use up (ammunition) by shooting.
- (intransitive, transitive) To inject (a drug) intravenously.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see shoot, up.
Synonyms
leap up
spring forth
be abundant
flare up violently
emerge with difficulty
sprout up
of a tree
ejet
jaillir
pullulo
abschießen
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