to boot out
15
5.8
- phrasal verb
- Informal
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- Make them take heed to our voices or boot them the hell out of office.
- get booted out
- booted out of office
- booted out of the country
Examples
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A year before, they would've booted me out on my ass.
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He was booted out of the Church for being a wacko.
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By the end of the day, West will be booted out of Congress.
Blog text (17) -
We were able to stay one extra night at the hospital, but then they booted us out.
Blog text (6) -
Then Mr. Slater comes back, gives the old man a check, and boots him out.
Fiction book (1995) -
But you know, with the crunch for beds, we had to sort of boot them out a day early.
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Finally, her mother had practically booted her out of the house to go on patrol.
Fiction book (1999) -
Then, just as quickly, Braid boots them out and slams the door in their faces.
Blog text (23) -
He was booted out of the program in '84.
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The manager decided to boot out the employee who consistently missed deadlines.
Synonyms
∞
2.8
To officially make someone leave their job
852
3.8
To stop employing someone so they lose their job
512
3.0
Force someone to leave a place or group
338
3.0
To keep someone or something out so they are not part of something
236
3.0
To force someone to leave a place, job, or group
194
5.0
Force someone to leave a place, such as a school or country, often by official order
90
5.5
To make someone stop working for a company
80
6.2
To remove someone from power, often suddenly or by force
70
3.8
Force someone or something to leave a place
49
7.0
To force someone to leave a place like a bar or club
46
4.4
To make someone leave a job by pressure or threats
43
3.0
Make someone leave a job or group because of a problem
37
3.5
To make someone leave their job
32
4.2
Force someone to leave a place
31
6.2
Force someone to leave a group or place because others reject them
12
7.4
To stop someone from working at their job, usually because of bad work or behavior
10
4.9
To make someone leave a place
8
6.5
To make someone leave quickly to show they are not wanted
7
7.4
Make someone leave a group or job in a public, shameful way
4
7.9
Make someone leave quickly and forcefully
2
4.8
Lose your job because your employer fires you
1
4.0
To force someone to leave a place, group or job
1
7.1
To force someone or something out of a place by searching
1
8.2
Force someone to leave a place or job
1
8.6
Lose your job, often suddenly
1
5.0
To force someone to leave a place usually because they cause trouble
To stop employing someone, often suddenly as punishment
To suddenly end someone's job or a relationship, often without warning
Antonyms
How Forceful
80
6.2
- Informal
15
5.8
- UK
37
3.5
70
3.3
∞
1.5
∞
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to force someone to leave' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'boot' (to kick) with 'out' (away), essentially 'to kick someone out.' This verb + particle pattern (verb + out = remove/expel) is a regular compositional pattern in English and is easily inferred by a B1 learner who knows the constituent meanings.
Etymology
Boot out may come from the image of someone being kicked by a heavy boot so they are sent out the door. So it now means 'to force someone to leave a job, place, or group'.