shoot up
— phrasal verb with shoot uk/ʃuːt/us/ʃuːt/verb shot, shot
(INCREASE)
informal to grow in size, or increase in number or level, very quickly:
David has really shot up since I saw him last.
Prices shot up by 25 percent.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Becoming bigger
- accrue
- augment
- billow
- bloat
- broaden
- bump
- engorged
- enlarge
- enlargement
- expansion
- extend
- extension
- oak
- puff up
- regenerate
- scalability
- scalable
- scaleable
- shoot
- stretch
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Increasing and intensifying
(DRUGS)
slang to put illegal drugs into your blood using a special needle:
She saw a girl shooting up in the toilets.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Drugs - general words
- chase
- chems
- crank
- detox
- dope
- doped up
- gear
- jacked up
- legal high
- OD
- overdose
- peddler
- shot
- snort
- soft
- spliff
- spliff up
- stoned
- trip
- whacked
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