"get the boot" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: en-au-get the boot.ogg [Australia] Forms: gets the boot [present, singular, third-person], getting the boot [participle, present], got the boot [past], got the boot [UK, participle, past], gotten the boot [US, participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|get<,,got,got􂀿UK􂁀:gotten􂀿US􂁀> the boot}} get the boot (third-person singular simple present gets the boot, present participle getting the boot, simple past got the boot, past participle (UK) got the boot or (US) gotten the boot)
  1. (idiomatic) To be dismissed from employment. Tags: idiomatic Translations (to be dismissed): saada kenkää (Finnish), saada potkut (Finnish), bata agus bóthar a fháil (Irish)
    Sense id: en-get_the_boot-en-verb-7qsXEhEk Disambiguation of 'to be dismissed': 69 31
  2. (idiomatic) To be voted out, evicted, or otherwise made to leave. Tags: idiomatic Translations (to be voted off): saada lähteä (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-get_the_boot-en-verb-igOzIwUf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 77 Disambiguation of 'to be voted off': 11 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: get the chop, get the sack, get the elbow, get the walking papers Related terms: order of the boot

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