boot someone out Definition

boot¹
noun

1. An outer covering, made of leather or rubber, etc, for the foot and lower part of the leg.
(Brit)
2. A compartment for luggage in a car, usually at the back. N Amer equivalent trunk.
3. colloq
A hard kick.
4. colloq
Dismissal from a job; the sack.
Form: the boot
5. historical
An instrument of torture used on the leg and foot.

verb booted, booting

1. To kick.
2. To throw them or it out, or remove them or it by force;

Thesaurus: eject, expel, fire, dismiss, oust, cashier, let go, sack (slang), give the bum's rush (US slang), bounce (US slang).
Form: boot someone out (usually)
Form: boot something out
3. computing.
To start or restart (a computer) by loading the programs which control its basic functions; to bootstrap it.
Form: boot something up (often)
4. To put boots on someone.

Derivative: bootable
adj

Able to be booted (see above verb 3).

Idiom: boots and all

(ustral, NZ)
Without reservation; all-out.

Idiom: put the boot in

To kick viciously.

To deliver further humiliation, hurt, torment, etc.

Idiom: the boot is on the other foot (the boot is on the other leg)

colloq
The situation is now the reverse of what it was before, especially as regards advantage or responsibility, etc.

Etymology: 14c: from French bote.

Phrasal Verb: boot someone out

To dismiss them from their job or home, etc.