Definition of gave him the boot

give the boot    

verb - transitive

• to dismiss or generally get rid of someone.

  If you don't get the project done on time, they're going to give you the boot.

  • See more words with the same meaning: to fire, dismiss.

  Last edited on Oct 23 2012. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 26 2009.

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Slang terms with the same meaning

Other terms relating to 'to fire, dismiss':
sh*tcan	Definitions include: to throw away; discard; dispose of.
sack	Definitions include: testicles.
whack	Definitions include: crazy.
dumbsize	Definitions include: to reduce the number of people employed in an organization or company to the point that there are no longer enough to carry out the work effectively.
give the axe	Definitions include: to terminate from employment.
can	Definitions include: bathroom.
get the pink slip	Definitions include: to be fired from a job.
firement	Definitions include: dismissal from a job; "firing".
get the ax	Definitions include: to be fired.
*sscan	Definitions include: a despicable person.

Slang terms with the same root words

Other terms relating to 'boot':
bang and boot	Definitions include: to have sex with a person ("bang") and then have them leave ("boot").
bet (one's) boots	Definitions include: an assertion that something will definitely happen.
boot	Definitions include: to vomit
boot and rally	Definitions include: to vomit ("boot") due to over-consumption of alcohol, and then continue partying ("rally.")
boot camp	Definitions include: see sausage factory or sausage party.
boot-leg	Definitions include: a lower-quality version of something.
bootlicker	Definitions include: an obsequious person; "suck-up".
boots	Definitions include: ugly
boots on the ground	Definitions include: soldiers.
CFM boots	Definitions include: "come fuck me" boots.
cool (one's) boots	Definitions include: to calm down from anger.
'f*ck me' boots	Definitions include: tall, high-heeled women's boots that men find sexually attractive.
hooker boots	Definitions include: knee-high boots.
Jesus boots	Definitions include: sandals.
knock boots	Definitions include: to have sexual intercourse.
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Other terms relating to 'give':
all the f*cks I give	Definitions include: meaning caring about everything.
DGAF	Definitions include: acronym for "don't give a fuck."
DILLIGAS	Definitions include: acronym for "do I look like I give a shit."
give	Definitions include: to give up or to show weakness.
give a bag of d*cks	Definitions include: to care.
give a bum steer	Definitions include: to give bad advice.
give a crap's *ss	Definitions include: to care.
give a damn	Definitions include: to care.
give af	Definitions include: "give a fuck".
give a flying f*ck	Definitions include: to care.
give a frog's fat *ss	Definitions include: to care.
give a f*ck	Definitions include: to care.
give a hand	Definitions include: to applaud.
give a hiding	Definitions include: to beat up.
give a monkey's	Definitions include: to care a tiny amount, always used in the negative
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Other terms relating to 'the':
101 scoop, the	Definitions include: the real information or the proof, instruction, the know how, where, when, and why about something or someone.
2-10, the	Definitions include: walking, generally as opposed to driving.
3rd degree, the	Definitions include: interrogation.
3 sheets to the wind	Definitions include: extremely intoxicated
411, the	Definitions include: information.
a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.	Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting.
about the size of it	Definitions include: a good estimate.
ace in the hole	Definitions include: a secret advantage.
across the board	Definitions include: inclusive.
add fuel to the fire	Definitions include: to make a bad situation worse.
against the clock	Definitions include: with the amount of time left to finish a task rapidly disappearing.
ahead of the curve	Definitions include: having an opinion or belief prior to it becoming common or popular.
aim Archie at the adamant	Definitions include: of a male, to urinate.
ain't no fun when the rabbit got the gun	Definitions include: Someone being butthurt over having something, they do to others regularly, done to the them
a little on the side	Definitions include: secret sexual activity with a person other than one's partner.
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