Usually means: Attack or criticize very harshly.
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  1. put the_boot_in: Collins English Dictionary
  2. put the_boot_in: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  3. put the_boot_in: Wiktionary

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  1. put the_boot_in: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (put the boot in)

verb:  (intransitive, slang, idiomatic) To kick a fallen opponent.
verb:  (intransitive, slang, figuratively) To kick someone when they are down.

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