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go through the roof

VERB
rise
Synonyms
STRONGEST
accelerate advance ascend build climb double expand go up improve lift move up multiply pick up raise soar swell
STRONG
aggravate arise augment billow bulge deepen distend enhance enlarge heighten inflate intensify levitate magnify mount redouble rouse spread upsurge wax
WEAK
add to intensate perk up pile up speed up stack up take off
Antonyms
STRONGEST
contract decelerate decline decrease demolish depress descend destroy diminish divide drop go down lessen lower raze reduce retreat shrink stop weaken worsen
STRONG
calm cave in compress deflate fall soften soothe
WEAK
comply cooperate give in go along recede regress slump
VERB
skyrocket
Synonyms
STRONGEST
catapult escalate rise rocket shoot up zoom
STRONG
arise ascend lift shoot tower
WEAK
go through the ceiling take off vault up
Antonyms
STRONGEST
decrease lessen lower
STRONG
descend

Example Sentences

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There’s just too much material out there to compensate everyone who contributed to making their system work and to making their valuation go through the roof.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 12, 2024

“And that’s caused the price of these houses to go through the roof and push people out of these neighborhoods.”

From Seattle Times • Dec. 22, 2023

"These people had worked two years through the pandemic, that had seen Amazon's shares go through the roof, they had seen the profits just become unimaginable," he said.

From BBC • Jan. 24, 2023

If it leases a new electric kit from Bloc Power, its residents’ maintenance fees go through the roof.

From New York Times • Sep. 14, 2022

He could predict business to go through the roof.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen