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Definition of Bolt out
1. Verb. Leave suddenly and as if in a hurry. "When she started to tell silly stories, I ran out"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bolt Out
Literary usage of Bolt out
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Mind in Evolution by Leonard Trelawney Hobhouse (1901)
"He pulled the bolt out at once with his teeth. This was not extraordinary cleverness,
... Gets bolt out, and opens door half by accident. 4. ..."
2. Bricks Without Straw: A Novel by Albion Winegar Tourgée (1880)
"A bolt out OF THE CLOUD. A YEAR had passed, and there had been no important change
in the relations of the personages of our story. ..."
3. The Tyro's Greek and English Lexicon: Or a Compendium in English of the ...by John Jones, Christian Tobias Damm, Friedrich Wilhelm Struz, Johann Friedrich Schleusner, Johann Schweighäuser by John Jones, Christian Tobias Damm, Friedrich Wilhelm Struz, Johann Friedrich Schleusner, Johann Schweighäuser (1825)
"... I cause to miscarry. *•«¥«, « то;, то, abortion, 1 Con 15. 8. -'•«i**, I ¡>hoot
out, pour out ari'ows— bolt out, Androm. 361.—exhaust a quiver. ..."
4. Decisions on the Law of Patents for Inventions Rendered by [English Courts by United States Supreme Court, Benjamin Vaughan Abbott, Woodbury Lowery (1890)
"... and this guard, lever, and that purchase it had in holding the bolt out or
back ; also, in moving the bolt out and back." Terry also, on the same point. ..."
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