go through the roof
/ˌɡəʊ θruː ðə ˈruːf/INFORMAL · C2
Meaning
to rise to a very high level very quickly
Examples
- 1Rents in the city centre have gone through the roof in the last two years.
- 2When the café started selling homemade doughnuts, its sales went through the roof.
- 3After the video went viral, demand for the tiny bakery's pies went through the roof.
- 4Energy bills are going through the roof, so we're wearing jumpers indoors.
- 5Why has the price of coffee gone through the roof this year?
Grammar
Only go changes: goes, going, went, gone. Here it is used about prices, costs or numbers.
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