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"bolt down" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to the action of securing something with a bolt or tightening a bolt. For example, "I had to bolt down the window in the stormy weather."
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Then, on the day it was to open, while attempting to bolt down a part of the set – a toilet – to the stage floor, I cracked the porcelain.
After which we rush home, bolt down dinner (that our wives have perhaps very kindly cooked or ordered) and shuttle our kids to soccer, guitar lessons and the rest.
What will change, instantly, is the compulsion he has known since childhood, the drive to get out of bed, to bolt down breakfast and get out with the ball.
I ducked into a narrow passageway that looked exactly like a street Harry Potter would bolt down, trying to escape Voldemort.
A couple of young rabbits bolt down a hole.
We bolt down three each, smile big and rub our bellies, at least metaphorically.
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But if it's not bolted down, I'll take it with me".
Supper must be bolted down before the ice cream, wrapped in newspaper, melts.
Conversely, those that are not bolted down will jolt off their foundations and collapse, imperilling everything — and everyone — inside them.
But his conversation is bolted down by riveting insights into a damaged sport that could only come from an insider.
Each metal pole had to be bolted down, rewired and timed before the Wednesday morning rush hour.
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