SHOOT UP

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Rise dramatically

Example:

Prices shot up overnight

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "shoot up" is one way to...):

increase (become bigger or greater in amount)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

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