What is the meaning of PUT THE-BOOT-IN. Phrases containing PUT THE-BOOT-IN
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Means "as well" but implies an unexpected extra, e.g. "I not only lost my job but they prosecuted me to boot!!", or "Not only did I get into the disco, free - but I won a "spot prize" to boot!" (ed: this is an interesting expression that I've often used - does anyone have any clues where it originated and how?) Notes Serves me right for asking I suppose, but Steve Shervais passed on the following useful information: According to Clark Hall's Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, "bot" is 'compensation for an injury', and "to bot" means "besides, moreover." In a related item, "manbot" was the money paid to the lord for loss of a man,_in_addition_to_ the wergeld paid to his relatives. (ed: I like this job... you learn *such* a lot of useless information!)
The boot is slang for dismissal from employment; the sack.
Boy in the boat is slang for the clitoris.Boy in the boat was th century slang for the navel.
Put the nut on is British slang for to head−butt someone.
Rookie or newbie. Short for "Boot Camp".
Tough guy, 'Hard case'. Orginating from the Skin/Suedehead era. The name was orginally another name for a skinhead who wore Doc Marten boots but lasted into the mid to late 70's. For instance a group of young lads who wanted to sound or act tough might call themselves 'The Victoria Park Boot Boys', The book 'Boot boys' by Richard Allen was a big seller in the early 70's, the story of an ex skinhead who still enjoys a spot of aggro.
Put the boot in is slang for to kick a person, especially when he is already down. Put the boot in is slang for to harass someone or aggravate a problem.Put the boot in is slang for to finish off. something with unnecessary brutality.
Leave, get out As in "I gotta book." "Let's book outta here." "Where's Jason?" "He booked."
Put in the boot was British Great War slang for shoot.
n trunk of a car. The boot of a car is the part you keep your belongings in. So called because it was originally known as a “boot locker” — whether it used to be commonplace to drive in one’s socks is anyone’s guess.
Put the boots to is American tramp slang for to have sexual intercourse
Boot is Black−American slang for to explain.Boot is American slang for a navy or marine recruit, especially one in training. Boot is Americanslang for to vomit.
Noun. 1. An unattractive person. 2. As the boot, meaning the 'sack', termination of employment. See 'give one the boot.'
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n.
Soldiers who march and fight on foot; the infantry, usually designated as the foot, in distinction from the cavalry.
n.
Booty; spoil.
v. t.
To extend, or push, with a boom or pole; as, to boom out a sail; to boom off a boat.
imp. & p. p.
of Put
n.
Plunder; booty; especially, the boot taken in a conquered or sacked city.
v. t.
To move in any direction; to impel; to thrust; to push; -- nearly obsolete, except with adverbs, as with by (to put by = to thrust aside; to divert); or with forth (to put forth = to thrust out).
n.
Anything, or any part, corresponding to the toe of the foot; as, the toe of a boot; the toe of a skate.
n.
A long pole or spar, run out for the purpose of extending the bottom of a particular sail; as, the jib boom, the studding-sail boom, etc.
v. t.
To throw or cast with a pushing motion "overhand," the hand being raised from the shoulder; a practice in athletics; as, to put the shot or weight.
n.
A boot with a short top covering only the ankle. See Cocker, and Congress boot, under Congress.
v. t.
To put boots on, esp. for riding.
v. t.
To place or put into a pit or hole.
v. i.
To play a card or a hand in the game called put.
v. t.
To bring to a position or place; to place; to lay; to set; figuratively, to cause to be or exist in a specified relation, condition, or the like; to bring to a stated mental or moral condition; as, to put one in fear; to put a theory in practice; to put an enemy to fight.
v. t.
To place in a boat; as, to boat oars.
n.
A covering for the foot and lower part of the leg, ordinarily made of leather.
v. t.
To tear up by the root; to eradicate; to extirpate; -- with up, out, or away.
v. t.
To transport in a boat; as, to boat goods.
v. i.
To boot one's self; to put on one's boots.
v. t.
To obliterate, as writing with ink; to cancel; to efface; -- generally with out; as, to blot out a word or a sentence. Often figuratively; as, to blot out offenses.
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