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bolt
Synonyms and Antonyms of bolt
- The cat bolted for the food dish the minute he spied it.
barrel, belt, blast, blaze, blow, bowl, breeze, bundle, bustle, buzz, cannonball, careen, career, chase, course, dash, drive, fly, hare, hasten, hie, highball, hotfoot (it), hump, hurl, hurry, hurtle, hustle, jet, jump, motor, nip, pelt, race, ram, rip, rocket, run, rush, rustle, scoot, scurry, scuttle, shoot, speed, step, tear, travel, trot, whirl, whisk, zip, zoom
beat it, get a move on, make tracks, shake a leg, step on it
- The rabbit bolted when it saw the fox approaching.
beat a retreat, beat it, make tracks, turn tail
- The way you bolted those hot dogs, it's no wonder you're feeling a little queasy.
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