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BOLT OUT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bolt out mean?
• BOLT OUT (verb)
The verb BOLT OUT has 1 sense:
1. leave suddenly and as if in a hurry
Familiarity information: BOLT OUT used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Leave suddenly and as if in a hurry
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
beetle off; bolt; bolt out; run off; run out
Context example:
When she started to tell silly stories, I ran out
Hypernyms (to "bolt out" is one way to...):
go away; go forth; leave (go away from a place)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Context examples
He mused—for ten minutes he held counsel with himself: he formed his resolve, and announced it—"Enough! all shall bolt out at once, like the bullet from the barrel. Wood, close your book and take off your surplice; John Green (to the clerk), leave the church: there will be no wedding to-day."
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
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