Reißaus nehmen — meaning in English

English meaning

• bolt noun A metal fastener with a threaded shaft, used with a nut to hold things together.
• scram verb To leave quickly, especially as a command telling someone to go away.

Senses

Reißaus nehmen is used for these senses in English:

• bolt (intransitive) To flee, to depart, to accelerate away suddenly.
• scram (intransitive, originally, US, often, imperative) To leave in a hurry; to go away. [from early 20th c.]
• take to one's heels (idiomatic) To leave, especially to flee or run away.

bolt — full definition

1. noun A metal fastener with a threaded shaft, used with a nut to hold things together.
2. noun A sliding bar used to lock a door.
3. noun A flash of lightning.
4. verb To run away suddenly, or move very fast.
5. verb To fasten something with a bolt, or to lock a door with a bolt.

scram — full definition

1. verb To leave quickly, especially as a command telling someone to go away.
2. verb To shut down a nuclear reactor rapidly, usually as an emergency safety measure.

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