boot (out)

verb

Definition of boot (out)next
as in to out
to drive or force out the theater manager booted out the audience members who were making a disturbance

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for boot (out)
  1. out
  2. eject
  3. dismiss
  4. cast out
  5. chase
  6. banish
  7. run off
  8. kick out
Verb
  • The new law doesn't prevent teachers from outing students to their parents if they're not coerced.
    Acacia Squires, NPR, 31 Dec. 2024
  • The journalist Amelia Gentleman outs prominent members of the male-only Garrick Club, including Civil Service boss Simon Case.
    The Week UK, theweek, 25 Dec. 2024
Definition of out
Verb
  • They were both ejected from the game and had their Game 5 tickets revoked.
    Daniel S. Levine, People.com, 11 Jan. 2025
  • Betts reacted angrily toward the pair, who were quickly ejected from the game and barred from attending the Dodgers’ title-clinching win in Game 5 the next night.
    Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of eject
Verb
  • She was dismissed in June 2024 after a run of seven games without a win.
    Asif Burhan, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Both cases were dismissed following Trump's reelection in November due to a longstanding Justice Department policy prohibiting the prosecution of a sitting president.
    Katherine Faulders, ABC News, 13 Jan. 2025
Definition of dismiss
Verb
  • So many good people displaced, devastated and cast out all over LA.
    Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Soon enough, that bright banter was cast out for the more edgy rom-coms of the 1970s, like Annie Hall and Harold and Maude.
    Esther Zuckerman, Rolling Stone, 27 Dec. 2024
Definition of cast out
Verb
  • Davidson was caught on video surveillance from street corner cameras throwing an e-bike onto the road and chasing one minor until the minor fell to the ground, court records said.
    Miguel Torres, The Arizona Republic, 1 Jan. 2025
  • That could allow the Packers to chase corners like D.J. Reed of the New York Jets, San Francisco’s Charvarius Ward or Detroit’s Carlton Davis in free agency.
    Rob Reischel, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2025
Definition of chase
Verb
  • Inhumans does not exactly seem like MCU canon as it has more or less been banished from existence, despite attachment to Agents of SHIELD, outside of a brief cameo in Multiverse of Madness for Anson Mount’s Black Bolt (who was promptly murdered).
    Paul Tassi, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2025
  • To banish household odors, create natural room scents, carpet powders, reed diffusers, and plug-in refills.
    Linley Sanders, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Jan. 2025
Definition of banish
Verb
  • The Mustang then entered the direct path of the Mirage for a head-on crash, after which the Mustang ran off the road and into the tree line.
    Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 4 Jan. 2025
  • This time, Hollis says Richard upended her motorcycle and, high on drugs, ran off with a BB gun.
    Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
Definition of run off
Verb
  • That review concluded in October, and more than 800 service members who were kicked out had their discharges upgraded to honorable.
    Aishvarya Kavi, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Not to be outdone, Ripley kicked out of the Oblivion.
    Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of kick out
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“Boot (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boot%20%28out%29. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.

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