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*boot

dismissal from employment or from a place that one is in. (*Typically: get ~; give someone ~.) I guess I wasn't dressed well enough to go in there. They gave me the boot. I'll work harder at my job today. I nearly got the boot yesterday.

boot

1. n. a thrill; a charge. I get a real boot out of my grandchildren.

2. tv. to dismiss or eject someone. I booted him myself.

3. n. a dismissal or ejection. I got the boot even though I had worked there for a decade.

4. tv. & in. to start the operating system of a computer. When I booted, all I got was a feep.

5. in. to empty one’s stomach; to vomit. The kid booted and booted and will probably never smoke another cigar.

See:

• a bossy boots
• a clever clogs
• be (as) tough as old boots
• be as full as a boot
• be as tough as old boots
• be quaking in boots
• be shaking in boots
• bet (one's) boots
• bet one's ass
• boot
• boot camp
• boot or an animal out
• boot out
• boot someone out
• boot up
• boots and all
• boots on the ground
• clever boots
• couldn't pour water out of a boot
• die in boots
• die with boots on
• die with one's boots on
• fuck-me boots
• get the ax
• get the boot
• give the boot
• hang up (one's) boots
• hang up boots
• heart is in boots
• in bed with (one's) boots on
• Jesus boots
• kick out
• knock boots
• lick boots
• lick someone's boots
• over shoes, over boots
• put the boot in
• quake in (one's) boots
• quake in one's boots
• shake in boots
• the boot is on the other foot
• to boot
• too big for boots
• too big for one's britches
• tough as an old boot
• You bet your boots!
• You bet your life!