"put the boot in" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-put the boot in.ogg [Australia] Forms: puts the boot in [present, singular, third-person], putting the boot in [participle, present], put the boot in [participle, past], put the boot in [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|put<,,put> the boot in}} put the boot in (third-person singular simple present puts the boot in, present participle putting the boot in, simple past and past participle put the boot in)
  1. (intransitive, slang, idiomatic) To kick a fallen opponent. Tags: idiomatic, intransitive, slang
    Sense id: en-put_the_boot_in-en-verb-uRHkkF9F Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 60 40
  2. (intransitive, slang, figuratively) To kick someone when they are down. Tags: figuratively, intransitive, slang
    Sense id: en-put_the_boot_in-en-verb-0GZG1XSz

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for put the boot in meaning in English (1.7kB)

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