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through the roof

through the roof prepositional phrase: having risen to a very high level or amount.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (figuratively, idiomatic) Having risen to a very high level or amount.
    • Fuel prices have gone through the roof since last fall.
    • When I found out fuel prices are through the roof this winter, I hit the roof.

Examples of through the roof in a sentence

  • Soybean meal prices have gone through the roof — they're over $100 a ton, back to war-time levels — because of heavy exports and a short 1953 crop.1954, Farm Journal, volume 78, page 18:
  • His heartbeat increased in intensity, his hormones went through the roof, and his mind became woozy.2014, Kwame Owusu-Baafi, Through the Eyes of the Spirit, page 136:
  • That computer was high priced, and the interest was through the roof, but we got it!2011, Kaleda Carthran, Looking Through the Mirrors of Me: The Life of Kaleda Carthran:
  • My numbers were through the roof, and I was beating records held by some of the most successful cyclists.2012, David Millar, Racing Through the Dark: Crash. Burn. Coming Clean. Coming Back.:

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Questions about through the roof

What does through the roof mean?
Through the roof means having risen to a very high level or amount.
How do you use through the roof in a sentence?
Soybean meal prices have gone through the roof — they're over $100 a ton, back to war-time levels — because of heavy exports and a short 1953 crop.
What part of speech is through the roof?
Through the roof is a prepositional phrase.

Words near through the roof in the dictionary

  1. through the gate
  2. through the hawsehole
  3. through the looking glass
  4. through the looking-glass
  5. through the mill
  6. through the roof
  7. through the sunroof
  8. through the wazoo
  9. through the wrong end of the telescope
  10. through thick and thin
  11. through ticketing

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