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bolts in

bolts in is the third-person singular simple present indicative of bolt in.

Meaning of bolt in

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive, slang) To overwhelmingly win a race.
    • some rank out-siders came "bolting in"1884, “Our Van”, in Tresham Gilbey, editor, Baily's Magazine of Sports and Pastimes, page 352

Questions about bolts in

What is bolts in the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Bolts in is the third-person singular simple present indicative of bolt in.

Words near bolts in in the dictionary

  1. boltrope
  2. boltropes
  3. bolts
  4. bolts down
  5. bolts from the blue
  6. bolts in
  7. bolts out of the blue
  8. bolts to the bran
  9. boltsmith
  10. boltsmiths
  11. boltsprit

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