# shoot the boots

idiom

Source: https://englishreference.com/idiom/shoot-the-boots
Updated: 2026-08-10

## Meaning

To kick swiftly and violently, especially in the groin.

## Examples

- He threatened to shoot the boots if the man did not leave.
- During the intense street fight, the attacker tried to shoot the boots to end the struggle quickly.
- The desperate prisoner realized that if he did not comply, his captor would not hesitate to shoot the boots as a brutal warning.

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