Drop and Shoot up

Drop

Drop verb - To cause to fall intentionally or unintentionally.

Shoot up is an antonym for drop.

Nearby Words: dropped, dropping, droplet, dropout, dropper

Shoot up

Shoot up verb - To rise abruptly and rapidly.
Usage example: gas prices shot up seemingly overnight

Drop is an antonym for shoot up in topics: elevate, climb, increase, lift up.

Both terms in one sentence

  • At the end of season four when Bubbles prepares a hot shot of cyanide for a fiend who constantly attacks him for money and drugs, expecting the fiend to take it, shoot up and drop dead.
    Source: Beat Bag
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