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bolt down

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bolt something down 
1. Lit. to fasten something down securely with bolts. Did anyone bolt the washing machine down? Someone should bolt down this washing machine.
2. Fig. to eat something too rapidly. Don't bolt your food down. She bolted down her dinner and ran out to play.
See also: bolt


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Daylight found himself with his right foot out of the stirrup and his arms around the animal's neck; and Bob took advantage of the situation to bolt down the road.
Burning Daylight by London, Jack View in context
Couldst not shoot a bolt down any street of Bordeaux, I warrant, but you would pink archer, squire, or knight.
The White Company by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context
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