surge

/sɜːdʒ/ verb

Definition

surge forward/into/through, etc › to move somewhere with great strength: The crowd surged against the barriers.

› [I] to increase very quickly: Prices surged on the stock exchange.

(Definition of surge verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to refuse to accept something or someone because you feel that they are not worth having

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