Definitions

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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Now read: Trump rings Wall Street opening bells and says the stock market ‘is going to go through the roof’

From MarketWatch • Jul. 6, 2026

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

In truth, when Federer found that state his game did not just go through the roof, it continued into another stratosphere.

From BBC • Sep. 15, 2022

When they do that, supermarkets find that invariably the sales of the product will go through the roof, the same way they would if the product had actually been put on sale.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell

go through the roof

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