to knock boots
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9.9
- phrasal verb
- Offensive
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- Then we steal the loot and knock boots in the free world, baby.
Examples
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They decided to knock boots after their first date went really well.
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When she's knocking boots you're gonna hear about it.
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Yo, Mary, I used to knock boots with the weather lady, all right?
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How about you and me knock boots ?
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Just admit you were off knocking boots with somebody's husband.
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But after four months of knocking boots, you'd better believe we're expecting to see an update.
Blog text (5) -
You're trying to knock boots with her, aren't you?
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If you want to spend more time together, you might end up knocking boots.
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He joked that knocking boots was the highlight of their weekend getaway.
How Sexual
Surface Forms
Morphology
knock + boots
The sexual meaning 'to have sexual intercourse' cannot be derived from the literal meanings of 'knock' (to strike) and 'boots' (footwear); the constituents give no predictable cue to sex. This is a slang euphemism and idiomatic usage rather than a compositional phrase, so a B1 learner who knows the words would not normally infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
The slang phrase knock boots may come from a simple image: one popular story says two people in a small space had their boots knock together while they were having sex. So today knock boots means 'to have sexual intercourse'.