bolt

/boʊlt/ v [I/T] (MOVE SUDDENLY)

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› to move suddenly and quickly: [I] At the first whiff of smoke, the horse bolted from the barn. [M] He bolted down some breakfast.

(Definition of bolt v (MOVE SUDDENLY) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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