shoot up
— Phrasal Verb with shoot /ʃuːt/ verb (shot, shot)Definition
› to increase very quickly and suddenly: Advertising on the internet caused sales to shoot up by 20%.
(Definition of shoot up from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
© Cambridge University Press)
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