• perishthethought@lemm.ee
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      11 hours ago

      Not sure in general but in Southern California in the 1980s, we used to say things like, “I’m going to bolt down lunch then race to school”.

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        11 hours ago

        Yeah I believe that some people might use it that way. It’s just not in my vocabulary. In that same sentence I would substitute “wolf down”.

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        12 hours ago

        Oh yeah true. I only got it basically by what was left over, plus the fact that it has general meanings of quickness.