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bolt

in. to leave; to go away. (Not necessarily fast.) Time to go, man. Let’s bolt.

See:

• a bolt from the blue
• bolt
• bolt bucket
• bolt down
• bolt from the blue
• bolt from the blue, a
• bolt out
• bolt upright
• bolt-on
• bucket of bolts
• close the barn door after the horse has bolted
• close the stable door after the horse has bolted
• closing the stable door after the horse has bolted
• get down to the nuts and bolts
• like a bolt from the blue
• like a bolt out of the blue
• lock the barn door after the horse has bolted
• lock the stable door after the horse has bolted
• make a bolt for
• nuts and bolts
• nuts and bolts, the
• shoot bolt
• shoot one's bolt
• Shut the stable door after the horse has bolted
• sit bolt upright
• the nuts and bolts