shoot one's bolt | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)Touse upone'sresources, especially a singular one or one not readily restored.We were playing checkers and, although I'd started off well, I seemed to haveshot my bolttoo soon.1968,Kim Philby,My Silent War, page34:The war situation was going from bad to worse. The Greek army, facing the Italians in Albania, hadshot its boltby spring. TheYugoslav revolutionof April, for whichSOEclaimed some credit (our people had been there andpost hoc, propter hoc), was followed by the promptinvasion of Yugoslaviaandoccupation of Greece.; (slang)Of a male, toejaculate.1982,Paul Radley,My Blue-Checker Corker and Me, Sydney: Fontana/Collins, page141:‘Holy-Jesus-fuckin’-Christ! I’m comin’! I’mshootin’ me bolt! I’m gonna fill ya twat with spoof!’

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