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Gene93 Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary
to bolt in a particular direction
Hello everyone,
As far as I know "to bolt" means "to run in a sudden way because you are frightened." I've seen examples in which that's not the case however. Is it true that "bolt" cannot be followed by prepositions of direction and it would be odd to say:
- The horses bolted from out of the barn.
- Sarah bolted towards the door.
- He bolted awake when the alarm went off.
What do you think?
Thank you.
As far as I know "to bolt" means "to run in a sudden way because you are frightened." I've seen examples in which that's not the case however. Is it true that "bolt" cannot be followed by prepositions of direction and it would be odd to say:
- The horses bolted from out of the barn.
- Sarah bolted towards the door.
- He bolted awake when the alarm went off.
What do you think?
Thank you.
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- He bolted awake when the alarm went off. The second and third are fine. Drop either 'from' or 'out of' in the first.
- - He bolted awake when the alarm went off.
- The second and third are fine.
- Drop either 'from' or 'out of' in the first.
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Gene93- The horses bolted from out of the barn.- Sarah bolted towards the door.- He bolted awake when the alarm went off.The second and third are fine. Drop either 'from' or 'out of' in the first.
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