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bolt down

bolt down verb: used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bolt, down.

Verb

bolt down (third-person singular simple present bolts down, present participle bolting down, simple past and past participle bolted down)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bolt, down.
  2. (transitive) To eat a large amount of food quickly.

Forms of bolt down

third-person singular presentbolts down
present participlebolting down
past participlebolted down
pastbolted down

Questions about bolt down

What does bolt down mean?
Bolt down means used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bolt, down.
What part of speech is bolt down?
Bolt down is a verb.
What is the past tense of bolt down?
The past tense of bolt down is bolted down.

Words near bolt down in the dictionary

  1. bolt circles
  2. bolt cropper
  3. bolt croppers
  4. bolt cutter
  5. bolt cutters
  6. bolt down
  7. bolt from the blue
  8. bolt in
  9. bolt out of the blue
  10. bolt rope
  11. bolt ropes

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