to boot out

Examples

• All

• A year before, they would've booted me out on my ass.

  The Kid Stays in the Picture (2002)

• He was booted out of the Church for being a wacko.

  Way of the Wicked (2014)

• 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.

• 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.

  The Glimmer Man (1996)

• The manager decided to boot out the employee who consistently missed deadlines.

Synonyms

F

to fire

vsto boot out

∞ 2.8

To officially make someone leave their job

is more sudden and informal rather than a standard employment process

K

to kick out

vsto boot out

524 3.0

Force someone to leave a place or group

is usually sudden and lacks ceremony rather than being a careful process

T

to throw out

vsto boot out

376 3.0

To force someone to leave a place, job, or group

is more about abrupt forced expulsion without polite procedure

E

to exclude

vsto boot out

280 3.0

To keep someone or something out so they are not part of something

is active removal, sudden expulsion rather than passive non inclusion

E

to expel

vsto boot out

188 5.0

Force someone to leave a place, such as a school or country, often by official order

is more informal and sudden rather than formal official expulsion

S

to send away

vsto boot out

129 3.0

Make someone leave a job or group because of a problem

is more abrupt and forceful than simple instruction to go away

D

to drive out

vsto boot out

124 3.8

Force someone or something to leave a place

is often quicker and more personal when removing people from jobs

F

to force out

vsto boot out

72 4.4

To make someone leave a job by pressure or threats

is sudden and done without ceremony rather than pressured removal

O

to oust

vsto boot out

70 6.2

To remove someone from power, often suddenly or by force

is broader, used for general expulsions not only high positions

T

to terminate

vsto boot out

• Formal

67 5.5

To make someone stop working for a company

is less formal and stresses sudden expulsion without ceremony

C

to cast out

vsto boot out

50 6.2

Force someone to leave a group or place because others reject them

is often less moralistic and more about quick, unceremonious removal

E

to eject

vsto boot out

47 4.2

Force someone to leave a place

is more used for job or position removals rather than physical ejections

L

to let go

vsto boot out

46 3.8

To stop employing someone so they lose their job

is stronger and often sudden, forcing exit without ceremony or gentleness

S

to sack

vsto boot out

• UK

30 3.5

To make someone leave their job

is more informal and emphasizes sudden, unceremonious forced removal

S

to send someone packing

vsto boot out

• Informal

24 7.9

Make someone leave quickly and forcefully

is about forcible, quick removal without ceremony rather than polite dismissal

T

to turn out

vsto boot out

• Informal

18 4.9

To make someone leave a place

is more sudden and unceremonious when used for job removals

G

to give (someone) the boot

vsto boot out

• Informal

12 7.4

To stop someone from working at their job, usually because of bad work or behavior

is more sudden and unceremonious in removal than formal dismissal

B

to bounce

vsto boot out

• Informal

10 7.0

To force someone to leave a place like a bar or club

is wider, applying to jobs and organizations as well as venues

D

to drum out

vsto boot out

10 7.4

Make someone leave a group or job in a public, shameful way

is more informal and less focused on public shame

C

to chuck out

vsto boot out

• UK

4 5.0

To force someone to leave a place usually because they cause trouble

is more abrupt and informal than formal termination of employment

R

to rout out

vsto boot out

3 7.1

To force someone or something out of a place by searching

is usually less about searching and more about quick dismissal without ceremony

G

to get the sack

vsto boot out

• UK

3 4.8

Lose your job because your employer fires you

is the active act of forcing someone out, usually sudden and informal

T

to turf out

vsto boot out

• UK

1 8.2

Force someone to leave a place or job

is broader, applying to jobs and roles as well as places

G

to get the chop

vsto boot out

• UK

1 8.6

Lose your job, often suddenly

is more about the action of forcing someone out rather than being dismissed

G

to give the axe

vsto boot out

• UK

1 7.4

To suddenly end someone's job or a relationship, often without warning

is similar but often less idiomatic and less focused on force

K

to kick-out

vsto boot out

1 4.0

To force someone to leave a place, group or job

is mainly informal and stresses sudden, unceremonious expulsion

S

to send packing

vsto boot out

• Informal

6.5

To make someone leave quickly to show they are not wanted

is focused on abrupt, unceremonious expulsion rather than standard dismissal

S

to sack someone

vsto boot out

• UK

4.8

To stop employing someone, often suddenly as punishment

is more about forcing out suddenly without ceremony rather than formal process

Antonyms

R

to retain

291 3.4

To keep having something such as a job or possession

How Forceful

to oust

70 6.2

to boot out

• Informal

20 5.8

to sack

• UK

30 3.5

to dismiss

87 3.3

to remove

∞ 1.5

to leave

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology