Sentence examples for about to shoot up from inspiring English sources

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The phrase "about to shoot up" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate that something is on the verge of increasing rapidly, often in reference to prices, levels, or quantities.
Example: "The stock market is volatile, and analysts predict that prices are about to shoot up."
Alternatives: "on the verge of rising" or "set to increase sharply".

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The number of over-55s starting a business could be about to shoot up, and their "healthy dose of cynicism" will help them succeed, according to former The Apprentice star Margaret Mountford.

They'd taken some coke and were about to shoot up some gear.

Not every every gun owner is about to shoot up a school and many of them resent the implication.

The picture that emerges is of an America where corporations want to do right by the public, but simply can't find enough people who aren't stoned or about to shoot up to work for them.

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When a tipster told police about the plan to shoot up the Halifax Shopping Centre on Valentine's Day, Gamble reportedly committed suicide, and police charged Randall Steven Shepherd of Halifax and Lindsay Kantha Souvannarath of Illinois with conspiracy to commit murder and arson.

Revenue will decline by up to 5% next year and in 2003, says Chief Financial Officer Bob Wayman Bob Wayman, but earnings are expected to shoot up about 20% by 2003.

In fact, I recently read about a man allegedly planning to shoot up kindergartners in a Los Angeles school.

Since you know this, you can try to draw out a premature knee by juking in as if you're about to shoot, but pulling up short.

He will stay on all fours when he's about to shoot seeds, however he will stand up on his hind legs if he's going to roll.

A round of golf that now costs $30 with a cart will shoot up to about $150 a round.

By Super Bowl weekend, my same room would shoot up to about $400 a night, if not more.

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