given the boot
Shown the door
Given the boot means fired from a job or expelled from a place or group.
The image is of being kicked out—a boot applied to the backside.
He was given the boot after showing up drunk three days in a row.
The phrase emphasizes that the removal was someone else's decision, not voluntary departure.
- firedTerminated from employment
- sackedDismissed from a job
- dismissedReleased from duty
- terminatedBrought to an end
- axedAbruptly dismissed
got the axe · canned · got the chop · let go · pink slip · unemployed · laid off · made redundant · kicked out · shown the door · walking papers · downsized · ousted · ejected · bounced · dumped · rejected · marching orders