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shot the boots

shot the boots is the simple past and past participle of shoot the boots.

Meaning of shoot the boots

Verb

shoot the boots (third-person singular simple present shoots the boots, present participle shooting the boots, simple past and past participle shot the boots)

  1. (Canada, idiomatic, slang) To kick swiftly and violently, especially in the groin.
    • The family moved about—Hamilton, Mississauga, Jane and Weston Road. "That's when my whole life switched from the good guy to the bad guy," he says now. "Right here in this city. The first day of school, I learned how to spit. Shoot the boots."2000 June 1, Jennifer Wells, “Trouble with Tracy”, in Toronto Life, Canada, retrieved 13 Apr 2009

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What is shot the boots the simple past and past participle of?
Shot the boots is the simple past and past participle of shoot the boots.

Words near shot the boots in the dictionary

  1. shot soup
  2. shot spot
  3. shot spots
  4. shot stopper
  5. shot stoppers
  6. shot the boots
  7. shot the breeze
  8. shot the bull
  9. shot the cat
  10. shot the five
  11. shot the gold

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