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• be given the boot — get the boot or be given the boot 1) informal to be told to leave your job or your school He was useless, and soon got the boot. 2) informal to be told by your boyfriend or girlfriend that they do not want to see you any more …   English dictionary

• the boot —    summary dismissal from employment    From the kick to speed the departing servant, which today would land you in court if not in hospital:     You know they can t sack teachers. You ve got to do something really drastic before they give you… …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

• get the boot — or be given the boot 1) informal to be told to leave your job or your school He was useless, and soon got the boot. 2) informal to be told by your boyfriend or girlfriend that they do not want to see you any more …   English dictionary

• get the boot — informal give (someone) the boot to stop employing someone. Did she tell you why she got the boot? …   New idioms dictionary

• get\ the\ boot — • get the ax(e) • get the boot • get the gate • get the sack v. phr. slang 1. To be fired from a job. Poor Joe got the ax at the office yesterday. See: get the bounce(2) 2. To be dismissed from school for improper conduct, such as cheating. Joe… …   Словарь американских идиом

• boot — See: DIE IN ONE S BOOTS, IN ONE S SHOES also IN ONE S BOOTS, LICK ONE S BOOTS, SHAKE IN ONE S SHOES or SHAKE IN ONE S BOOTS, TO BOOT, TOO BIG FOR ONE S BREECHES or TOO BIG FOR ONE S BOOTS, YOU BET or YOU BET YOUR BOOTS …   Dictionary of American idioms

• boot — See: DIE IN ONE S BOOTS, IN ONE S SHOES also IN ONE S BOOTS, LICK ONE S BOOTS, SHAKE IN ONE S SHOES or SHAKE IN ONE S BOOTS, TO BOOT, TOO BIG FOR ONE S BREECHES or TOO BIG FOR ONE S BOOTS, YOU BET or YOU BET YOUR BOOTS …   Dictionary of American idioms

• boot — [[t]bu͟ːt[/t]] ♦♦♦ boots, booting, booted 1) N COUNT Boots are shoes that cover your whole foot and the lower part of your leg. → See also wellington He sat in a kitchen chair, reached down and pulled off his boots... He was wearing riding pants …   English dictionary

• boot — 1. n. a thrill; a charge. □ I get a real boot out of my grandchildren. □ Their little games give me a real boot. 2. tv. to dismiss or eject someone. □ I booted him myself. □ …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

• boot — boot1 W3S2 [bu:t] n [Sense: 1 3, 5 7; Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: bote] [Sense: 4; Date: 1300 1400; : Old English; Origin: bot advantage, profit, use ] 1.) a type of shoe that covers your whole foot and the lower part of your leg →↑ …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• boot*/*/ — [buːt] noun [C] I 1) a type of shoe that covers all of your foot and part of your leg walking/riding/hiking boots[/ex] a pair of black boots[/ex] 2) British the covered space at the back of a car, used for carrying things in • get the boot; be… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English