| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Expression | 1. (a) Perfectly upright; perpendicular; straight up; unbendingly erect. --Addison. (b) On the back at full length. [Obs.] --Chaucer.[Websters]. | |
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Common Expressions: BOLT UPRIGHT
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Bolt upright | (a) Perfectly upright; perpendicular; straight up; unbendingly erect. --Addison. (b) On the back at full length. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
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Specialty Expressions: BOLT UPRIGHT
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Bolt upright | Literature | Straight as an arrow. A bolt is an arrow with a round knob at the end, used for shooting at rooks, etc. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | |
| Bolt upright | Slang in 1811 | BOLT UPRIGHT. As erect, or straight up, as an arrow set on its end. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. | |
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