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boots out

boots out is the third-person singular simple present indicative of boot out.

Meaning of boot out

Verb

boot out (third-person singular simple present boots out, present participle booting out, simple past and past participle booted out)

  1. (colloquial, transitive) Emphatic synonym of kick out: to remove, to eject, to expel; to dismiss (from a position, job, etc.).
    • ‘These guys,’ said Tom, ‘the ones who put out this magazine at Radley. What happened to them?’ […]
      ‘Ah, now this is why we must proceed with great circumspection. They were both, hum, “put out” themselves. “Booted out” I believe is the technical phrase.’1991 September, Stephen Fry, chapter 1, in The Liar, London: Heinemann, →ISBN, section I, page 19
    Synonyms:
    kick out
  2. (intransitive) To fall or slide out of a turn due to excessive lean, which causes the athlete's boot to contact and pivot on the surface and the proper surface contact element to lose contact and traction.

Questions about boots out

What is boots out the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Boots out is the third-person singular simple present indicative of boot out.

Words near boots out in the dictionary

  1. boots
  2. boots and all
  3. boots and rallies
  4. boots on the ground
  5. boots one
  6. boots out
  7. boots theory
  8. boots up
  9. boots upstairs
  10. bootscan
  11. bootscaning

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