shoot one's bolt
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shoot one's bolt
verb shoots one's bolt · shooting one's bolt · shot one's bolt
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To use up one's resources, especially a singular one or one not readily restored.
We were playing checkers and, although I'd started off well, I seemed to have shot my bolt too soon.
Similar: blow one's load, shoot one's load, shoot one's wad
- Of a male, to ejaculate. ‘Holy-Jesus-fuckin’-Christ! I’m comin’! I’m shootin’ me bolt! I’m gonna fill ya twat with spoof!’
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