1. Thrust up like a spear
   "The branch speared up into the air"
   - spear

Derived forms: spearing up, speared up, spears up

Type of: jut, jut out, project, protrude, stick out

• on ice
• on it
• on occasion
• on one hand
• on one's guard
• on paper
• on purpose
• on request
• on tap
• on tenterhooks
• on that
• on that point
• on the average
• on the ball
• on the button
• on the coattails
• on the contrary
• on the dot
• on the face of it
• on the fence
• on the fly
• on the go
• on the hook
• on the house
• on the level