boot out
B2 informal separable transitive
In simple words
To kick someone out — to make a person leave a place or a job, usually because they did something wrong.
Literal meaning: To kick someone out using your boot (shoe) — the image of being literally kicked out of a door.
Meanings
1 B2
idiomatic
informal
To forcibly remove someone from a place, often because of bad behaviour.
"The bouncers booted him out of the club after he started a fight."
Grammar: separable
2 B2
idiomatic
informal
To dismiss someone from a job, team, or organisation.
"He was booted out of the party after the financial scandal broke."
Grammar: separable
Usage notes
Common in both British and American informal English. Implies a forceful or dismissive ejection, often used for being expelled from a club, organisation, or job. The image is of being physically kicked (booted) out of a place.
Commonly used with
club party job country office team
Forms
Base
boot out
I/you/we/they
3rd person
boots out
he/she/it
Past simple
booted out
yesterday
Past participle
booted out
have + pp
-ing form
booting out
continuous
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