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boot up	To start a computer using its bootstrap procedure.	Rate it: (5.00 / 7 votes)
boot camp	A short, intensive, quasi-military program generally aimed at young offenders as an alternative to a jail term.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
boot camp	Any short, intensive course of training.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
boot camp	Indoctrination, physical fitness training and basic instruction in service-related subjects for recruits in the Navy and Marine Corps.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
boot out	to kick out, eject, expel	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
car boot sales	selling events	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
couldn't pour water out of a boot	Synonym of couldn't organise a piss-up in a brewery	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
couldn't pour water out of a boot with the instructions on the heel	Synonym of couldn't organise a piss-up in a brewery	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
get the boot	To be dismissed from employment.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
get the boot	To be voted off a competition in a reality television show.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
give someone the boot	To fire, to sack, to dismiss.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
give the boot	To fire, to sack, to dismiss.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
he doesn't know his ass from an old burnt boot	The inference is that he is less than fully informed.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
put the boot in	To kick someone when they are down.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
put the boot in	To kick a fallen opponent.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
the boot is on the other foot	Alternative form of the shoe is on the other foot	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
to boot	Some variations in usage remain archaic. Old English, Middle English: to help, in addition.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
to boot	Moreover, on top of that, besides, also.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
sideways glance	A silent, somewhat disapproving look from someone with body language to boot, which causes one to be somewhat uncomfortable and a bit in wonderment.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)