boots out

Kicks someone out

Boots out means to force someone to leave, whether physically ejecting them or removing them from a position: The bouncer booted him out for starting a fight, The board booted out the CEO after the scandal.

The phrase suggests unceremonious dismissal—you don't gently boot someone out.

Related

impeaches · dislodges · abandons · purges · sacks · banishes · bounces · ostracizes · terminates · shuns · drives away · discharges · dismisses · runs off · chases away · exiles · alienates · rebuffs

Opposites
inclusion vs. exclusion

boots outtakes in

Accepts or deceives

admits · lets in · embraces · accepts · includes

arrival vs. departure

boots outhires

Brings into employment

ushers in · takes on · employs · recruits · onboards

arrival vs. departure (caused)

boots outushers in

Introduces or initiates

lets in · invites · admits · pulls in · calls in

Family

boot, boots, booted, booting, bootee, bootees, out, oust, ousts

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G