Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

give someone the boot

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.16 in modern English

Syllables
give -some-one the -boot
IPA
29
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To fire, sack, or eject someone.

British usage; Informal

verb

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see give, the, boot.

Example Sentences

Usage

Inflected Forms

gives someone the boot (present, singular) giving someone the boot (participle, present) gave someone the boot (past) given someone the boot (participle, past) give someone das boot (alternative)

Questions

What does give someone the boot mean?
To fire, sack, or eject someone.

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