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Meanings of spear up in English

Thrust up like a spear.

Usage of spear up in English
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This man shouted out loud and charged me, shield and spear up.
Nada the Lily
2
The broom caressed the spear up and down with her bristles.
A nameless witch
3
She slipped the head of her spear up under his chin and shoved.
Surrender to the will of the night
4
The creature held the tip of its spear up to the mage's throat, gurgling with laughter.
Dragons of autumn twilight
5
She held out a hand, and the three men hefted an enormous spear up on end before her.
A Day Dark as Night
6
Romulus took a deep breath and lobbed the spear up in a curving arc, over the officers and guards.
The road to rome: a forgotten legion chronicle
7
Then he said, 'The shadow of yonder palm is now a slanted spear up the looped wall of the City.
Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith
8
He slapped the spear up so the length of it followed his arm, and swept it around with massive grace.
Coyote dreams
9
I think that Mavovo managed to get his spear up and kill a man, for I saw one of them fall backwards and lie still.
Allan and the Holy Flower
10
Facebook Twitter Pinterest Purple orchids speared up through last year's leaf litter.
The Guardian
11
A terrifying bolt of electric agony speared up through her wrist and forearm.
Mine
12
Some very very early asparagus has poked its spears up.
Radio NZ
13
Purple orchids speared up through last year's leaf litter.
The Guardian
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Winter was over, but frost still threatened; bulbs were thrusting green spears up through crystalline mud-ice.
Anathem
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Pencil beams shot from the tiny windows in the domed roof, spearing up into the sky.
James Potter and the Vault of Destinies
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Some towered, spearing up to unimaginable heights.
Enclave