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Synonyms and Antonyms of bolting
- I bolted as I read the winning lottery numbers
- the cat bolted for the food dish the minute he spied it
barreling (or barrelling), belting, blasting, blazing, blowing, bombing [slang], bowling, breezing, bundling, bustling, buzzing, cannonballing, careening, careering, chasing, coursing, cracking (on), dashing, driving, flying, haring, hastening, highballing, hotfooting (it), humping, hurling, hurrying, hurtling, hustling, hying (or hieing), jetting, jumping, motoring, nipping, pelting, racing, ramming, ripping, rocketing, running, rushing, rustling, scooting, scurrying, scuttling, shooting, speeding, stepping, tearing, traveling (or travelling), trotting, whirling, whisking, zipping, zooming
- the rabbit bolted when it saw the fox approaching
absconding, clearing out, decamping, eloping, escaping, getting (away), getting out, lamming, lighting out, making off, mizzling [chiefly British], scarpering [British], scatting, scramming, skipping (out), skirring
- bolted out the cuss word without thinking
- the way you bolted those hot dogs, it's no wonder you're feeling a little queasy
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