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Boot Dismissed Job Position Informal Idea Literally Kicked

Word get the boot
Description Be dismissed from your job or position - informal

Get the boot comes from the idea of being literally kicked out, as does give someone the boot. A facetious expansion of this idiom is get the Order of the Boot. Be dismissed from your job or position - informal

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