shoot up

Meaning

1. 1

   to grow very quickly

   Their kids have shot up since I last saw them.

2. 2

   to rise suddenly by a large amount

   Ticket prices shot up last year.

3. 3

   slang

   to inject an illegal drug directly into your blood

4. 4

   shoot sth up

   to cause great damage to sth by shooting

5. 5

   shoot sth upslang

   to inject an illegal drug directly into your blood

In the movies · 10

• She was shooting up and she had a bad reactionEyes Wide Shut1999
• They hit Claude's house too, shot up his wife.Tombstone1993
• Started shooting up the place.Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials2015
• If I want to shoot up, I'll shoot up.Ray2004
• Y'all see that cow's head shoot up?Three Kings1999
• and I was just watching on TV about these shootings up in Brainerd.Fargo1996
• Shooter's up on the ridge line.Triple Frontier2019
• "Please don't shoot." Shut up and spread your shit!Superbad2007

Learn it in full scenes

• Fargo1996
  • Jerry Hires Two Kidnappers
  • Jerry Haggles With the Kidnappers
  • Jerry Sells the TruCoat

From the same entry

• be shot of
• have shot your bolt
• be like shooting fish in a barrel
• shoot the breeze
• shoot from the hip
• shoot yourself in the foot
• shoot it out
• shoot the messenger
• shoot your mouth off
• shoot the rapids
• shoot down
• shoot for

More slang

• wrap up
• get out of here
• big deal
• no way
• you got it
• you bet
• get over it
• my bad
• snap out of it
• oh my god
• back in the day
• go for it