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

1. rise rapidly
   • the dollar soared against the yen