the boot
Example Sentences
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So Sherlock made a decision: She chose to keep her mom and her boyfriend and give her therapist the boot.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
They packed up their lab into the boot of a car, and we met in the Wiper and True Taproom in Bristol.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
I had finally made it to the boot of Europe, but I was missing my two partners in crime.
From Salon ● Jun. 3, 2026
But it is getting the boot the prime minister now fears.
From BBC ● May 13, 2026
Carefully, I slid the boot back beneath the leaves, and for a moment I thought I caught the smell of the magic, as the trolls had said.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
