shoot up (something)• But it was his elf face which shot up.• The father nodded, his eyebrows shot up.• Thus subscription prices were shooting up and cutting off thousands of readers who could no longer afford them.• However, as soon as he struck off one of its heads another two shot up in its place.• I righted myself and painshot up my right leg as I put weight on it.• Fistsshot up, some holding dinnerpails in the air like flags.• If interest rates shoot up, stocks and bonds usually fall in price.