have shot your bolt
UK informalDefinition
› to have already achieved all that you have the power, ability, or strength to do and to be unable to do more: He started off the game well but seemed to have shot his bolt by half-time.Tired and making tired
(Definition of have shot your bolt from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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have sb's guts for garters idiom
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have sb's number idiom
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have sb/sth hanging round your neck idiom
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have seen better days idiom
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have shit for brains idiom
- have shot your bolt idiom
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have something going with sb idiom
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have something in mind idiom
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have something on good authority idiom
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have something/nothing to show for sth idiom
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have sth coming out of your ears idiom
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Synonyms and related words:
- at your worst idiom
- be all in idiom
- be dead on your feet idiom
- be fit/ready to drop idiom
- bleary adjective
- comatose adjective
- fatigued adjective
- finish sb off phrasal verb
- fit to drop idiom
- haggard adjective
- half dead adjective
- jet lag noun
- poop verb (TIRED)
- punch-drunk adjective (TIRED)
- shagged adjective
- shattered adjective (TIRED)
- sleepy adjective (PERSON)
- stonkered adjective
- stupefy verb (TIRE)
- whacked adjective
Topic:
Tired and making tired
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