Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

giving someone the boot

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.13 in modern English

Syllables
giv-ing -some-one the -boot
IPA
32
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of give someone the boot

Questions

What does giving someone the boot mean?
present participle and gerund of give someone the boot

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