shot up

Idioms  

1. Severely wounded by gunfire; see shoot up , def. 2.

2. Drugged; see shoot up , def. 3.

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Example Sentences

The unemployment rate for teenagers age 16 to 19 has shot up by nearly 5 percentage points since the start of the year.

From The Wall Street Journal

It was a year when AI investments and startup valuations shot up—as did fears that the AI economy might come crashing down.

From The Wall Street Journal

In 2021-22, as the economy reopened from Covid lockdowns, and then Russia invaded Ukraine, inflation shot up, led by energy.

From The Wall Street Journal

Glasner is about to enter the final six months of his contract and Palace's hierarchy are becoming increasingly worried about losing a manager whose stock has shot up in recent months.

From BBC

For Edwards then, it’s a case that the so-called debasement trade is a party that may “dissolve into a mad rave” and gold’s price behavior may resemble that of the 1970s when it shot up during the inflation spike of that decade.

From MarketWatch