skyrocket
verb /ˈskaɪrɒkɪt/
/ˈskaɪrɑːkɪt/
[intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they skyrocket | /ˈskaɪrɒkɪt/ /ˈskaɪrɑːkɪt/ |
| he / she / it skyrockets | /ˈskaɪrɒkɪts/ /ˈskaɪrɑːkɪts/ |
| past simple skyrocketed | /ˈskaɪrɒkɪtɪd/ /ˈskaɪrɑːkɪtɪd/ |
| past participle skyrocketed | /ˈskaɪrɒkɪtɪd/ /ˈskaɪrɑːkɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form skyrocketing | /ˈskaɪrɒkɪtɪŋ/ /ˈskaɪrɑːkɪtɪŋ/ |
- (of prices, etc.) to rise quickly to a very high level
- Wages and prices have skyrocketed.
- The economic boom sent property prices skyrocketing.
Oxford Collocations DictionarySkyrocket is used with these nouns as the subject:- price
- rate
- sale
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