Meaning of through the roof | Babel Free

Definitions

Having risen to a very high level or amount.

figuratively, idiomatic

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Examples

“Fuel prices have⟳ gone through the roof since last⟳ fall⟳.”

“When I found out fuel prices are through the roof this winter, I hit the roof.”

“Soybean meal prices have⟳ gone through the roof — they're over $100 a ton, back to war-time levels — because of heavy exports and a short 1953 crop.”

“With 16 minutes left on the clock and the tension climbing through the roof, Trinh-Duc tried his luck with a penalty from just inside halfway only to push⟳ it wide, but the unthinkable now seemed a real possibility.”

“His heartbeat increased in intensity, his hormones went through the roof, and his mind⟳ became woozy.”

“That computer was high priced, and the interest⟳ was through the roof, but we got it!”

“My numbers were through the roof, and I was beating records held by some of the most successful cyclists.”

“I looked in some estate agents' today – the prices are through the roof.”

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