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bolt

Main Entry: ¹bolt

Function: transitive verb

Language: English

1 : atornillar, sujetar con pernos <bolted to the floor : sujetado con pernos al suelo>
2 : cerrar con pestillo, echar el cerrojo a <to bolt the door : echar el cerrojo a la puerta>
3 to bolt down : engullir <she bolted down her dinner : engulló su comida>

intransitive verb

: echar a correr, salir corriendo <he bolted from the room : salió corriendo de la sala>

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