bolt down

A preliminary investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board suggested that the plane may have left Boeing’s factory without the plug bolted down.

I bolted down the hall, clutching Fig against my thundering chest, and planted myself in front of the TV.

Once the position of the skirts are verified, they will be bolted down to the slab with four hold-down studs each.

And Wanda goes from the cute round-the-way girl to a toothless crack addict who steals everything that wasn't bolted down while burning every bridge around her.

From his bed in the children’s hospital that night, 13-year-old Birdie told the police that he thought Tree scrambled through the hatch in front of him and bolted down the alley toward Pine Street.