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Bolt upright

   Also found in: Idioms 0.02 sec.
Perfectly upright; perpendicular; straight up; unbendingly erect.
On the back at full length.
- Addison.

See also: Bolt Bolt



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But Robin's voice did not quaver forth weakly, as formerly, and his figure had stiffened bolt upright beneath the black robe that covered his rags.
On the other side of the fire the youth observed an officer asleep, seated bolt upright, with his back against a tree.
Hold yourself as bolt upright as on the day of the bastion of St.
 
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