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present tense third-person singular of bolt
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1
to move suddenly and sharply (as in surprise)
- I bolted as I read the winning lottery numbers
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2
to proceed or move quickly
- the cat bolted for the food dish the minute he spied it
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- barrels,
- belts,
- blasts,
- blazes,
- blows,
- bombs
- [slang],
- bowls,
- breezes,
- bundles,
- bustles,
- buzzes,
- cannonballs,
- careens,
- careers,
- chases,
- courses,
- cracks (on),
- dashes,
- drives,
- flies,
- hares,
- hastens,
- hies,
- highballs,
- hotfoots (it),
- humps,
- hurls,
- hurries,
- hurtles,
- hustles,
- jets,
- jumps,
- motors,
- nips,
- pelts,
- races,
- rams,
- rips,
- rockets,
- runs,
- rushes,
- rustles,
- scoots,
- scurries,
- scuttles,
- shoots,
- speeds,
- steps,
- tears,
- travels,
- trots,
- whirls,
- whisks,
- zips,
- zooms
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3
to hasten away from something dangerous or frightening
- the rabbit bolted when it saw the fox approaching
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- absconds,
- clears out,
- decamps,
- elopes,
- escapes,
- gets (away),
- gets out,
- lams,
- lights out,
- makes off,
- mizzles
- [chiefly British],
- scarpers
- [British],
- scats,
- scrams,
- skips (out),
- skirrs
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4
to utter with a sudden burst of strong feeling
- bolted out the cuss word without thinking
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5
to swallow or eat greedily
- the way you bolted those hot dogs, it's no wonder you're feeling a little queasy
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“Bolts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bolts. Accessed 22 Jan. 2022.
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