soar up
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Definition
Verb: - To rise or increase very quickly and dramatically, often to a great height or level. This typically describes a rapid upward movement in a physical, metaphorical, or numerical sense.
Usage
This verb is used to describe a swift and steep ascent. It is often applied to prices, values, emotions, or physical objects like birds or aircraft climbing into the air. It emphasizes speed and a significant gain in height or level.
Examples
- Verb:
- The eagle spread its wings and soared up into the clear blue sky.
- After the announcement, the company's stock price soared up by 30 percent.
- Her spirits soared up when she received the good news.
Advanced Usage
- "to soar up and away": to rise quickly and disappear into the distance.
- The hot air balloon soared up and away over the mountains.
Variants and Related Words
- Soar (verb): To fly or rise high in the air; to maintain height in the air without flapping wings. Often used interchangeably with "soar up," though "soar" alone can also imply sustained flight at a high level.
- The jet can soar at twice the speed of sound.
- Skyrocket (verb): To rise extremely quickly, similar to "soar up," but often with an even stronger connotation of a sudden, explosive increase.
- Demand for the product skyrocketed overnight.
Synonyms
- Rocket: To rise or increase very rapidly.
- Shoot up: To increase or rise suddenly and quickly.
- Surge: To increase suddenly and powerfully.
Phrasal Verbs
- Soar above: To rise to a level much higher than something else.
- The new building will soar above the old city center.
Verb
- rise rapidly
- the dollar soared against the yen