get the boot
Be summarily dismissed
To get the boot is to be dismissed or rejected, especially from a job: She got the boot after missing too many deadlines.
The image is of being kicked out.
The related phrase give someone the boot means to fire or dump them: His girlfriend gave him the boot.
Terminated from employment
- sackedDismissed from a job
- terminatedBrought to an end
- laid offDismissed from employment
- axedAbruptly dismissed
pink slip · canned · let go · downsized · discharged · given notice · made redundant · pushed out
Abruptly ended romantically
- jiltedAbruptly rejected romantically
- spurnedRejected with contempt
- ditchedAbruptly abandoned or discarded
- droppedLet fall downward
cast aside · thrown over · brushed off · cut loose · left behind · abandoned · forsaken · discarded
fired
Terminated from employment
- sackedDismissed from a job
- terminatedBrought to an end
- laid offDismissed from employment
axed · pink slip · canned · let go · downsized · discharged · given notice · made redundant · pushed out · forced out
dumped
Abruptly ended romantically
- jiltedAbruptly rejected romantically
- spurnedRejected with contempt
- ditchedAbruptly abandoned or discarded
dropped · cast aside · thrown over · brushed off · cut loose · left behind · abandoned · forsaken · discarded · unwanted