Idiom
get the boot
Meaning
To be dismissed from employment.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He was lazy, so he got the boot.”
“After the company lost a major client, several employees were worried they might get the boot.”
“Despite his long years of loyal service, the manager was shocked when he received notice that he had gotten the boot due to the corporate restructuring.”
Examples
simple
“He was lazy, so he got the boot.”
contextual
“After the company lost a major client, several employees were worried they might get the boot.”
complex
“Despite his long years of loyal service, the manager was shocked when he received notice that he had gotten the boot due to the corporate restructuring.”
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