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rocket

 
 
/ˈrɒkɪt/ verb [I]

Translation

INCREASE to quickly increase in value or amount
fırlamak, hızlı artış göstermek, aniden yükselmek
House prices have rocketed this year.1422
PROGRESS to make quick progress
hızlı gelişme göstermek
She rocketed to stardom after modelling for Vogue last year.1613
(Definition of rocket verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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