Usually means: Sitting or standing very straight.
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We found 12 dictionaries that define the word bolt upright:

General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. bolt upright: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. bolt-upright, bolt upright: Wordnik
  3. bolt upright: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  4. bolt upright: Wiktionary
  5. Bolt upright, bolt upright: Dictionary.com
  6. BOLT-UPRIGHT: Dictionary of Americanisms (1848)
  7. Bolt Upright: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  8. bolt upright: FreeDictionary.org
  9. Bolt upright: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. bolt upright: Idioms

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adjective:  Vertical, with the back held stiffly.

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