Usually means: Dismissed or fired from job.
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  1. get the boot: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. get the boot: Wiktionary

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  1. get the boot: Idioms

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  1. get the boot: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (get the boot)

▸ verb:  (idiomatic) To be dismissed from employment.
▸ verb:  (idiomatic) To be voted out, evicted, or otherwise made to leave.

Similar:
give someone the boot, get the sack, give the sack, get the chop, boot, boot out, unboot, kick off, get the elbow, give someone their cards, more...

Opposite:
get promotion, get raise, get bonus, get pat on back, get recognized

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Similar:
give someone the boot, get the sack, give the sack, get the chop, boot, boot out, unboot, kick off, get the elbow, give someone their cards, more...

Opposite:
get promotion, get raise, get bonus, get pat on back, get recognized



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