shoot someone/something up

shoot someone/something up
1) cause great damage to something by shooting; kill or wound someone by shooting

the police shot up our building

2) (also shoot up) informal inject a narcotic drug; inject someone with a narcotic drug

she went home and shot up alone in her room | I was shooting up cocaine. | shoot people up with the new chemical and see what happens


Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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