get the boot in English

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{
  "etymology_text": ": get the boot < → δείτε τις λέξεις get, the και boot",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "get the boot"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ανεπίσημοι όροι (αγγλικά)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ιδιωματισμοί (αγγλικά)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The ringleaders of the strike got the boot.",
          "translation": "H εταιρεία απέλυσε τους πρωταίτιους της απεργίας."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "άλλη μορφή του give someone the boot"
      ],
      "id": "el-get_the_boot-en-phrase-gyGOA4uQ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "ιδιωματισμός",
        "ανεπίσημο"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "get the boot"
}

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{
  "etymology_text": ": get the boot < → δείτε τις λέξεις get, the και boot",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "get the boot"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ανεπίσημοι όροι (αγγλικά)",
        "Ιδιωματισμοί (αγγλικά)"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The ringleaders of the strike got the boot.",
          "translation": "H εταιρεία απέλυσε τους πρωταίτιους της απεργίας."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "άλλη μορφή του give someone the boot"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "ιδιωματισμός",
        "ανεπίσημο"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "get the boot"
}

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"get the boot" meaning in English

Phrase