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shoots up

shoots up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of shoot up.

Meaning of shoot up

Verb

shoot up (third-person singular simple present shoots up, present participle shooting up, simple past and past participle shot up)

  1. (figuratively, intransitive, sometimes) To grow taller or larger rapidly.
    • Our operating costs have shot up due to the fuel shortage.
  2. (transitive) To fire many bullets or shells at.
    • The terrorists decided to shoot up a convenience store.
  3. (transitive) To use up (ammunition) by shooting.
    • Most of our ammunition has now been shot up.
  4. (intransitive, transitive) To inject (a drug) intravenously.
    • This place is always full of smackheads shooting up.
    Synonyms:
    jack up
  5. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see shoot, up.

Questions about shoots up

What is shoots up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Shoots up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of shoot up.

Words near shoots up in the dictionary

  1. shoots the moon
  2. shoots the shit
  3. shoots through
  4. shoots through like a Bondi tram
  5. shoots trouble
  6. shoots up
  7. shootward
  8. shooty
  9. shootynge
  10. shoowee
  11. shop

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