| 释义 |
shoot someone/thing up1Cause great damage to something by shooting: the police shot up our building...- You know, they could have shot him up, but it would have damaged forever the shrine, and that was an untenable situation politically in the world.
- Some lunatic called in saying he will shoot the building up.
- It's anyone's guess how these people were allowed to show up at the school waving guns, ready to storm inside the building and shoot the place up.
2 (also shoot up) informal Inject oneself (or someone else) with a narcotic drug: she went home and shot up alone in her room shoot people up with the new chemical and see what happens...- You only thought you did because they shot you up with drugs back then.
- Mentally, I tried to tell Father Malachi to shoot me up with more of his drugs.
- He was also involved in the drug scene, and even shot his roosters up with speed every time he fought them.
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