bolt in en · VERB
Meanings
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(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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| bolted in | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| bolted in | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| bolting in | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| bolts in | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |