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
  • Eddie and Venom are fugitives on the run, outed from the big finale fight in Venom: Let There Be Carnage.
    Sean Piccoli, Deadline, 18 Oct. 2024
  • While Taylor looks stressed, the conversation is interrupted by Jennifer's return from being missing in action after her fight with Zac about the women's Chippendale outing the night before.
    Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 13 Sep. 2024
Definition of out
Verb
  • His win completes one of the most remarkable comebacks in political history, just four years after voters ejected him from the office.
    Lawrence Andrea, Journal Sentinel, 20 Nov. 2024
  • Jon — who kicked off his time at the studio by sending a company plane filled with flowers to court supermodel Vendela — was the first to be ejected, at Peter’s behest, in 1991.
    Kim Masters, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of eject
Verb
  • However, the atmosphere was calmer than the previous week when Corpus appeared to surprise the board by appearing in person at a special meeting to censure her and call for her resignation, dismissing the resignation demands as politically motivated.
    Ryan Macasero, The Mercury News, 19 Nov. 2024
  • Though New Mexico special prosecutor Kari T. Morrissey has filed motions for Judge Sommer to reconsider her decision to dismiss the involuntary manslaughter case against Baldwin, Sommer rebuked those arguments and has declined to reconsider Morrissey's case multiple times in recent months.
    Tommy McArdle, People.com, 19 Nov. 2024
Definition of dismiss
Verb
  • Was your family still part of the organization when you were cast out?
    Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
  • Many of these youths are being cast out by conservative religious families.
    John Blake, CNN, 3 Nov. 2024
Definition of cast out
Verb
  • Boards that hold leadership accountable align an organization to prevent unbridled revenue chasing or shortsighted cost-cutting exercises from weakening an MSP’s posture.
    Sean McElroy, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Migrants pass through their backyards almost nightly Deputies often chase cars packed with people who have crossed the border illegally, but Dannels said the taxiing part of the operation is almost always done by Americans.
    David Culver, CNN, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of chase
Verb
  • Tribal leaders had banished Chasing Horse in 2015 from the reservation amid allegations of human trafficking.
    CBS News, CBS News, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Those found guilty of habitual funny cowboy dancing are either executed or banished to the Desolate Zone, where they are forced to get jobs and raise families.
    Jack Handey, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2024
Definition of banish
Verb
  • Combs, seen on camera wearing only a towel around his waist, was simply trying to retrieve his clothes and cellphone after Ventura had run off with them, his lawyers wrote.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 22 Nov. 2024
  • The father said Hill had a gun and ran off about five or 10 minutes before the call.
    Jade Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 15 Nov. 2024
Definition of run off
Verb
  • There was one notable exception: Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne, a Republican, got kicked out of a voting center at Paradise Valley Community College in Phoenix for crossing the 75-foot line that marks the campaigning limit.
    Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 6 Nov. 2024
  • Raising the Bar 38 Raising the Bar Shop at New moms (or moms-to-be), serious hydrators, and sober-curious folks might get a kick out of Raising the Bar.
    Sara Coughlin, SELF, 29 Oct. 2024
Definition of kick out
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