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- make a bolt for
make a bolt for
make a bolt for someone or something
Fig. to run quickly to or at someone or something. The child came into the room and made a bolt for her mother. The dog made a bolt for the door.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Ilta | | EEL-tah | Finnish |
| Matfey | | maht-VYAY | Russian |
| Etzel | | - | Germanic Mythology |
| Dunya | | - | Russian |
| Mehetabel | | mi-HET-ə-bel (English), mee-HET-ə-bel (English) | Biblical |
| Aesop | | ['i:sɔp] | |