boot out

See: KICK OUT.

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to boot

[to boot] {adv. phr.} In addition; besides; as something extra. * /He not only got fifty dollars, but they bought him dinner to boot./ Compare: [FOR GOOD MEASURE], [IN THE […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

boot hill

[boot hill] {n.} A cemetery in the old Wild West where cowboys and cops and robbers used to be buried with their boots on. Hence, jokingly, any cemetery. * /Good […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

kick out

[kick out] or [boot out] {v.}, {informal} To make (someone) go or leave; get rid of; dismiss. * /The boys made so much noise at the movie that the manager […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

get the boot

[get the boot] or [the gate] or [the sack] See: [GET THE AXE]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

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