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shot up

shot up is the simple past and past participle 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 shot up

What is shot up the simple past and past participle of?
Shot up is the simple past and past participle of shoot up.

Words near shot up in the dictionary

  1. shot through with
  2. shot to nothing
  3. shot tower
  4. shot towers
  5. shot trouble
  6. shot up
  7. shot welding
  8. shot with a shovel
  9. shot-blasting
  10. shot-caller
  11. shot-callers

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