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BOOT OUT
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Put out or expel from a place
Example:
The unruly student was excluded from the game
Synonyms:
boot out; chuck out; eject; exclude; turf out; turn out
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "boot out" is one way to...):
expel; kick out; throw out (force to leave or move out)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "boot out"):
evict; force out (expel from one's property or force to move out by a legal process)
evict (expel or eject without recourse to legal process)
show the door (ask to leave)
bounce (eject from the premises)
exorcise; exorcize (expel through adjuration or prayers)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
Sense 2
Meaning:
Remove from a position or office
Example:
The chairman was ousted after he misappropriated funds
Synonyms:
boot out; drum out; expel; kick out; oust; throw out
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "boot out" is one way to...):
remove (remove from a position or an office)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "boot out"):
excommunicate (oust or exclude from a group or membership by decree)
depose; force out (force to leave (an office))
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s PP
