Shoot up

Verb

Definitions

1.VerbTo grow taller or larger rapidly.

"Our operating costs have shot up due to the fuel shortage.; He was a small child, but shot up when he reached his teenage years."

2.VerbTo fire many bullets or shells at.

"The terrorists decided to shoot up a convenience store."

3.VerbTo use up (ammunition) by shooting.

"Most of our ammunition has now been shot up."

4.VerbTo inject (a drug) intravenously.

"This place is always full of smackheads shooting up."

5.VerbUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see shoot,‎ up.

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