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bolted to the bran

bolted to the bran is the simple past and past participle of bolt to the bran.

Meaning of bolt to the bran

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To examine thoroughly, so as to separate or discover everything important.
    • This boults the matter fairly to the bran.1735, Walter Harte, An Essay on Reason

Questions about bolted to the bran

What is bolted to the bran the simple past and past participle of?
Bolted to the bran is the simple past and past participle of bolt to the bran.

Words near bolted to the bran in the dictionary

  1. boltcutters
  2. Bolte
  3. bolted
  4. bolted down
  5. bolted in
  6. bolted to the bran
  7. boltel
  8. boltels
  9. Bolten
  10. Boltens
  11. bolter

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