rocket up
Shoot up fast
Rocket up means to increase rapidly and dramatically, like a rocket shooting skyward.
Prices, numbers, or rates rocket up when they surge sharply: Gas prices rocketed up overnight.
The phrase emphasizes sudden, steep ascent rather than gradual growth.
- escalateIncrease in severity
- soarAscend to heights
- skyrocketRise sharply and suddenly
- blastoffRocket launch moment
- take offBegin flight, depart
go through the roof · ascend · climb · launch · thrust · takeoff · lift off · surge · propel · catapult · rapid rise · burst · elevate · accelerate · fast track · spike · moonshot · zoom
rocket upflatline
Show no heartbeat
stagnate · languish · stabilize · bottom out · hit rock bottom