Synonyms for shoot one's bolt
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1. Shoot one's load — to use up one's resources, especially a singular one or one not readily restored
blow one's wad, shoot one's load vulgar, blow one's load vulgar slang, pop one's wad vulgar, shoot one's wad slang
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- v. 1
To use up one's resources, especially a singular one or one not readily restored.
We were playing checkers and, although I'd started off well, I seemed to have shot my bolt too soon.