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give the boot





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A nationwide hunting advocacy group is attempting to give the boot to a Washington wildlife commissioner for serving on another volunteer board.

From Seattle Times Mar. 8, 2023

To give the boot its final shape, the leather is stretched by hand over the model before it is tacked down through the bottom of the boot.

From New York Times Sep. 24, 2021

But they watch to give the boot to you when friends are what you need.

From The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 1 March 1906 by Various




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