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Question
Here are some more idioms taken from the lesson. Find out their meaning and use them in sentence of your own.
shot his bolt
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Solution
shot his bolt- exhaust one’s effort
Mithali Raj had shot her bolt and made 54 runs to help India win the World Cup Cricket title.
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