Bolt and Skip

Bolt

Bolt verb - To hasten away from something dangerous or frightening.
Usage example: the rabbit bolted when it saw the fox approaching

Skip is a synonym for bolt in run quickly away topic. In some cases you can use "Skip" instead a verb "Bolt".

Nearby Words: bolted, bolter, bolting

Skip

Skip verb - To move with a light springing step.

Bolt is a synonym for skip in bounce or jump over topic. Sometimes you can use "Bolt" instead a verb "Skip".

Nearby Words: skipped, skipping

Common collocations

bit bolt bit skip bit

Both words in one sentence

  • Series / Falling Skies Offscreen Moment of Awesome: During a time skip in Ep 1 of Season 4, Lexi Mason evidently destroyed a mech by calling down a lightning bolt.
  • Video Game / Planet Alcatraz Warm-Up Boss: The Young Gorriloid at the end of the first area, the Landing Zone (though it is completely optional, you can bolt right to exit and skip it entirely).
  • Video Game / Hitman It is important that you skip the cutscene which follows after you shoot Sergei through the confessional window; if you don't, then most times Sergei's SP12 Shotgun will eat through your health in an instant (although sometimes he will just bolt upstairs).
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