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gets the boot

gets the boot is the third-person singular simple present indicative of get the boot.

Meaning of get the boot

Verb

get the boot (third-person singular simple present gets the boot, present participle getting the boot, simple past got the boot, past participle (UK) got the boot or (US) gotten the boot)

  1. (idiomatic) To be dismissed from employment.
    • "Put it down in your diary, my young friend, and send it to your rag." "And be ready to get the toe-end of the editorial boot in return," said Lord John.1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC
  2. (idiomatic) To be voted out, evicted, or otherwise made to leave.

Questions about gets the boot

What is gets the boot the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Gets the boot is the third-person singular simple present indicative of get the boot.

Words near gets the boot in the dictionary

  1. gets the ball rolling
  2. gets the band back together
  3. gets the best of
  4. gets the better of
  5. gets the bird
  6. gets the boot
  7. gets the bulge on
  8. gets the bullet
  9. gets the chop
  10. gets the dirty water off one's chest
  11. gets the door

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