Idiom
give someone the boot
Meaning
To fire, sack, or eject someone.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The boss gave him the boot yesterday.”
“After he was caught stealing from the register, the manager had no choice but to give him the boot.”
“Despite his long tenure at the firm, the board decided to give him the boot following the discovery of his financial misconduct.”
Examples
simple
“The boss gave him the boot yesterday.”
contextual
“After he was caught stealing from the register, the manager had no choice but to give him the boot.”
complex
“Despite his long tenure at the firm, the board decided to give him the boot following the discovery of his financial misconduct.”
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