rocket up

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English[edit]

Verb[edit]

rocket up (third-person singular simple present rockets up, present participle rocketing up, simple past and past participle rocketed up)

  1. (intransitive, colloquial) To grow or increase sharply.
    Synonym: skyrocket
    • 2011 October 1, Saj Chowdhury, “Wolverhampton 1 - 2 Newcastle”, in BBC Sport‎[1]:
      Young Dutch keeper Tim Krul saw his value rocket up with a sensational display.
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=rocket_up&oldid=77813539"