 |
| |||||||||
rocket2 [intransitive]
1 also rocket upBF if a price or amount rockets, it increases quickly and suddenly : 
Interest rates rocketed up.
Interest rates rocketed up.2 [always + adverb/preposition] to move somewhere very fast [= shoot]: The train rocketed through the tunnel. Larsson's shot rocketed into the back of the net.
The train rocketed through the tunnel.Larsson's shot rocketed into the back of the net.3 [always + adverb/preposition] to achieve a successful position very quickly [= shoot]
rocket to Their new album rocketed to number one in the charts. Beatty rocketed to stardom after his first film.
Their new album rocketed to number one in the charts.Beatty rocketed to stardom after his first film.
