Usually means: Exhaust one's resources or abilities.
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  1. shoot one's bolt: Merriam-Webster
  2. shoot one's bolt, shoot one's bolt: Collins English Dictionary
  3. shoot one's bolt: Wiktionary
  4. shoot one's bolt, shoot ones bolt: Dictionary.com

Definitions from Wiktionary (shoot one's bolt)

verb:  (idiomatic) To use up one's resources, especially a singular one or one not readily restored.


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