rocket

/ˈrɑk·ɪt/

Definition

› to travel by rocket, or to rise, increase, or move very quickly: [T] The astronauts were rocketed into space. [I] A train rocketed by. [I] Anna rocketed to fame in the late 1980s.

(Definition of rocket verb from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to express disagreement or refuse to do something

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