Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

get the boot

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.19 in modern English

Syllables: get the -boot
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To be dismissed from employment.

verb

To be voted out, evicted, or otherwise made to leave.

Example Sentences

""Put it down in your diary, my young friend, and send it to your rag." "And be ready to get the toe-end of the editorial boot in return," said Lord John."
"Tony Parsons has claimed that he quit before he "got the boot" from the Daily Mirror, after former colleagues expressed their anger over remarks that he made suggesting he had defected to the Sun because he needed to support his family."

Inflected Forms

gets the boot (present, singular) getting the boot (participle, present) got the boot (past) got the boot (UK, participle) gotten the boot (US, participle)

Phrases

order of the boot

Frequently Paired Words

order of the boot

Synonyms

get the chop get the sack get the elbow get the walking papers

Questions

What does get the boot mean?: To be dismissed from employment.

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