By the end of the third lap it was obvious that she had shot her bolt, and the Canadian runner took the lead.
(never in continuous tenses)New idioms dictionary. 2014.
shoot your bolt — British informal 1) to use all your money or energy in doing something 2) to waste your only chance to do something … English dictionary
shoot your bolt — … Useful english dictionary
shoot bolt — shoot (your) bolt to use all your energy trying to do something, so that you do not have enough energy left to finish it. By the end of the third lap it was obvious that she had shot her bolt, and the Canadian runner took the lead. (never in… … New idioms dictionary
have shot your bolt — see ↑bolt, 1 • • • Main Entry: ↑shoot * * * have shot your ˈbolt idiom (informal) to have used all your power, money or supplies Main entry: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
shoot — 1 /Su:t/ verb past tense and past participle shot /St/ GUNS/WEAPONS 1 KILL/INJURE (T) to deliberately kill or injure someone using a gun: Lincoln was shot while watching a play in Ford s Theater. | shoot sb in the leg/head etc: He had been shot… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
bolt — 1 noun (C) 1 LOCK a metal bar that you slide across a door or window to fasten it 2 SCREW a screw with a flat head and no point, for fastening two pieces of metal together 3 a bolt from out of the blue news that is sudden and unexpected: It was a … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
shoot — I UK [ʃuːt] / US [ʃut] verb Word forms shoot : present tense I/you/we/they shoot he/she/it shoots present participle shooting past tense shot UK [ʃɒt] / US [ʃɑt] past participle shot *** 1) [intransitive/transitive] to fire a gun We were ordered… … English dictionary
shoot — shoot1 W2S2 [ʃu:t] v past tense and past participle shot [ʃɔt US ʃa:t] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(kill/injure)¦ 2¦(fire a gun etc)¦ 3¦(birds/animals)¦ 4¦(move quickly)¦ 5¦(try to score)¦ 6¦(look at somebody)¦ 7¦(photograph/film)¦ 8¦(pain)¦ 9 … Dictionary of contemporary English
shoot — shoot1 /shooht/, v., shot, shooting, n. v.t. 1. to hit, wound, damage, kill, or destroy with a missile discharged from a weapon. 2. to execute or put to death with a bullet: to be shot at sunrise. 3. to send forth or discharge (a missile) from a… … Universalium
bolt — bolt1 [ boult ] noun count * 1. ) a metal bar that you slide across a door or window in order to lock it 2. ) a type of screw without a point that is used to fasten things together and that screws into a small metal ring called a nut => NUT 3 … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
