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rocket up

rocket up verb: to grow or increase sharply.

Verb

rocket up (third-person singular simple present rockets up, present participle rocketing up, simple past and past participle rocketed up)

  1. (colloquial, intransitive) To grow or increase sharply.
    • Young Dutch keeper Tim Krul saw his value rocket up with a sensational display.2011 October 1, Saj Chowdhury, “Wolverhampton 1 - 2 Newcastle”, in BBC Sport
    Synonyms:
    skyrocket

Synonyms of rocket up

Forms of rocket up

third-person singular presentrockets up
present participlerocketing up
past participlerocketed up
pastrocketed up

Questions about rocket up

What does rocket up mean?
Rocket up means to grow or increase sharply.
What part of speech is rocket up?
Rocket up is a verb.
What is the past tense of rocket up?
The past tense of rocket up is rocketed up.

Words near rocket up in the dictionary

  1. rocket stage
  2. rocket stages
  3. rocket surgeon
  4. rocket surgeons
  5. rocket surgery
  6. rocket up
  7. rocket-launcher
  8. rocket-launchers
  9. rocket-pack
  10. rocket-packs
  11. rocket-propelled grenade

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