shoot-up

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İngilizce - İngilizce
To grow taller rapidly
or To inject (a drug) intravenously
To fire many bullets at
rise dramatically; "Prices shot up overnight"
If a drug addict shoots up, they inject a quantity of drugs into their body. Drug addicts shoot up in the back alleys We shot up heroin in the playground
ascend, rise quickly; grow quickly, sprout up (Informal); shoot indiscriminately; injure or intimidate with gunfire; inject drugs intravenously (Slang)
If something shoots up, it grows or increases very quickly. Sales shot up by 9% last month The fair market value of the property shot up
rise dramatically; "Prices shot up overnight