boot out

boot out
verb
1. remove from a position or office
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The chairman was ousted after he misappropriated funds

• Syn: ↑oust, ↑throw out, ↑drum out, ↑kick out, ↑expel
• Derivationally related forms: ↑expulsion (for: ↑expel), ↑ouster (for: ↑oust), ↑ousting (for: ↑oust)
• Hypernyms: ↑remove
• Hyponyms: ↑excommunicate, ↑depose, ↑force out
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s somebody

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Somebody ——s PP

2. put out or expel from a place
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The unruly student was excluded from the game

• Syn: ↑eject, ↑chuck out, ↑exclude, ↑turf out, ↑turn out
• Derivationally related forms: ↑exclusion (for: ↑exclude), ↑ejection (for: ↑eject), ↑ejector (for: ↑eject)
• Hypernyms: ↑expel, ↑throw out, ↑kick out
• Hyponyms: ↑evict, ↑force out, ↑show the door, ↑bounce, ↑exorcise, ↑exorcize
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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Somebody ——s somebody

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Something ——s something

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Somebody ——s somebody PP

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Somebody ——s something PP

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ˌboot ˈout [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they boot out he/she/it boots out present participle booting out past tense booted out past participle booted out] informal phrasal verb
to make someone leave a place, their job, or something that they are involved in

His girlfriend has booted him out.

boot someone out of something:

They were booted out of the club for fighting.

Thesaurus: to force someone to leave a placesynonym
Main entry: boot

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  • boot out — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms boot out : present tense I/you/we/they boot out he/she/it boots out present participle booting out past tense booted out past participle booted out informal to make someone leave a place, their job, or… …   English dictionary

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  • boot out — See: KICK OUT …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • boot out — See: KICK OUT …   Dictionary of American idioms

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  • boot — boot1 W3S2 [bu:t] n [Sense: 1 3, 5 7; Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: bote] [Sense: 4; Date: 1300 1400; : Old English; Origin: bot advantage, profit, use ] 1.) a type of shoe that covers your whole foot and the lower part of your leg →↑ …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • boot — boot1 /booht/, n. 1. a covering of leather, rubber, or the like, for the foot and all or part of the leg. 2. Chiefly Brit. any shoe or outer foot covering reaching to the ankle. 3. an overshoe, esp. one of rubber or other waterproof material. 4.… …   Universalium

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