Definitions from Wiktionary (boots on the ground)

▸ noun:  (military, metonymically) The ground forces actually fighting in a war or conflict, rather than troops not engaged or other military action such as air strikes.
▸ noun:  The military policy of using ground forces.
▸ noun:  (by extension) Personnel operating in an area of interest.
▸ noun:  (informal, figurative) The state or condition of being physically present at a place of interest in order to ascertain the current situation.
▸ noun:  Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see boots, on, ground.



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