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gotten the boot

gotten the boot is the past participle 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 gotten the boot

What is gotten the boot the past participle of?
Gotten the boot is the past participle of get the boot.

Words near gotten the boot in the dictionary

  1. gotten the ball rolling
  2. gotten the band back together
  3. gotten the best of
  4. gotten the better of
  5. gotten the bird
  6. gotten the boot
  7. gotten the bulge on
  8. gotten the bullet
  9. gotten the chop
  10. gotten the door
  11. gotten the drawers

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