rocket
/ˈrɒkɪt/ verb [I]Definition
INCREASE › to quickly increase in value or amount: House prices have rocketed this year.
PROGRESS › to make quick progress: She rocketed to stardom after modelling for Vogue last year.
(Definition of rocket verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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