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The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms, Second Edition
[Slang; mid1800s] shoot one's bolt Also, shoot one's wad. Do all within one's
power; exhaust one's resources or capabilities. For example, They were
askingfor more ideas but Bob had shot his bolt and couldn't come up with any, or
Don't shoot ...
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Sterling Dictionary of Idioms
SHOOT be/get shot of something/somebody be/get rid of something/somebody
shoot one's bolt make one's final effort, so that there is nothing further one can do
to achieve one's aim shoot the breeze talk casually; gossip We sat in the park, ...
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A Collection of Confusible Phrases
I suppose you can rely on him to help you. shoot a bolt shoot one's bolt shoot a
holt send a bolt of a door, etc. into its fastening: The frame into which the bolts
shoot is made of great strength. shoot one 's holt - (coll) do all that one is capable
of; ...
They're bolted in. KKlfiaj* ' ffiff!ffi M&Sffitt • ) to bolt on I. J8*&tUf 2. ftn± ; W± to bolt
out JE'JWr ! flS'lltt^rffi (He was frequently bolted out of the house, ftfe to have shot
one's bolt & SHOOT to shoot one's bolt H. SHOOT bolt2 to bolt out bomb to go ...
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General Knowledge of English Literature
To go like a bomb—to sellinhuge numbers. Bow To draw the long bow—to
exaggerate. Bolt upright—absolutely straight. Bolt To shoot one's bolt—to spend
one's resources prematurely in a contest. Arrow To shoot one's last arrow—to be
left.
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Diccionari UB: anglès-català
... caure dels mivols, caure com una bomba -»to make a bolt for it arrencar a
correr, intentar escapar- se -$to shoot one's bolt jugar-se l'ul- tima carta bolt21) v
tr 1 empernar 2 (una porta) tancar amb forrellat, passar el forrellat 3 (menjar)
engolir, ...
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The Nelson Contemporary English Dictionary
... when secured by a nut 3 a roll of cloth 4 a thunderbolt 5 a shot fired from a
crossbow v 1 to run away quickly The horse bolted 2 to eat quickly He bolted his
dinner 3 to fasten a bolt from the blue a surprise shoot one's bolt to make a final
effort ...
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A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
Also (of persons), at the end of one's tether: Wilkes supplies a quot'n from 1945,
and suggests'? shoot one's bolt'. shot! Look out, a master's comingl: Royal High
School, Edinburgh: late C.19-20.—2. Abbr. good shot!; gen. 'shot, sirl': late ...
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A Dictionary of Anglo-American Proverbs & Proverbial ...
To shoot one's bolt (ODEP 728; EAP 39; MP 62) 1905 He's shot his bolt. (p. 296)
White, Fred M. The Crimson Blind. New York: R. F. Fenno, 1905. 1938 I had shot
my bolt. (p. 87) Adam, Ronald. Overture and Beginners. London: Victor Gollancz
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George B. Bryan, Wolfgang Mieder, 2005
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary: Eleventh Edition
... speak hastily without consideration of the consequences — Shoot one's bolt :
to exhaust one's capabilities and resources — Shoot one's cuffs : to tug one's
shirt cuffs below those of one's coat — Shoot oneself in the foot : to act against
one's ...
