"rocket up" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: rockets up [present, singular, third-person], rocketing up [participle, present], rocketed up [participle, past], rocketed up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} 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. Tags: colloquial, intransitive Synonyms: skyrocket
    Sense id: en-rocket_up-en-verb-gKjHMYtJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (up)

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