grow up like a weed
shoot up like a weed

This year past, he's shot up like a weed, he'll be taller than you.

And he was shooting up like a weed.

But the value can also shoot up like a weed almost overnight, providing some hefty returns.

Now, at thirteen, Armstrong was as tall as she was, and starting to shoot up like a weed.

"He's still tiny," said Pete, who at nine seemed to be shooting up like a weed himself, all shins and forearms and long skinny neck.

Although the addition of the trees appears overdue, given that the Time Warner Center building seemingly shot up like a weed, according to city officials it is happening on schedule.

A stunted little boy suddenly starts to shoot up like a weed, a plain adolescent turns into a beauty overnight, and well-preserved middle-aged men who reach sixty still looking forty-five suddenly make up the deficit and more than overtake their age, all in a few months.