boot (out)

verb

Definition of boot (out)next
as in to out
to drive or force out the theater manager booted out the audience members who were making a disturbance

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for boot (out)
  1. out
  2. eject
  3. cast out
  4. dismiss
  5. chase
  6. banish
  7. run off
  8. kick out
Verb
  • At first the killer is revealed to be Miss Scarlet (Lesley Ann Warren), and Wadsworth outs himself as FBI.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Co-owner John Mara is battling cancer, and co-owner Steve Tisch is laying low after being outed in the Epstein Files.
    — Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of out
Verb
  • Oli Marmol was later ejected after sticking up for Rincon, who was making his MLB debut.
    — Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol argued with plate umpire Doug Eddings and was ejected.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of eject
Verb
  • These will show whether the vote was a watershed moment in the demise of an anti-fascist consensus dating back to World War II, or the latest in a series of elections worldwide in which frustrated voters simply cast out incumbents.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026
  • These are sons and daughters and children cast out, disappeared from their communities and forced to make a life in the shadows of society.
    — Tembe Denton-Hurst, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of cast out
Verb
  • Third, Whyte and others dismiss our conclusion because many of the studies examining AI in medicine are simulations.
    — Abe Baker-Butler, STAT, 9 Sep. 2026
  • If the case is not settled, dismissed or dropped before the trial date, it would be heard during the 2028 presidential primary elections.
    — Violet Jira, Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of dismiss
Verb
  • The lineup’s approach has also looked dramatically different; nearly everyone is chasing and striking out less, and walking more.
    — Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Deputies chased the suspect, later identified as a 35-year-old Lodi man, and took him into custody.
    — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of chase
Verb
  • After Hallet dies in a misguided clinic bust care of a banishing spell gone awry, the whole Owens clan is nearly destroyed.
    — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2026
  • However, their time together ended when Tamburello, a faithful, turned on Parks, a traitor, and voted to banish her in episode 10.
    — Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of banish
Verb
  • The five people killed when an Amazon cargo jet ran off the runway at Miami International Airport were all inside a van used to get to planes to clean them, authorities said.
    — David Fischer, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2026
  • The five people killed when an Amazon cargo jet ran off the runway at Miami International Airport were all inside a van used to shuttle cleaning crews to planes, authorities said.
    — David Fischer, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of run off
Verb
  • Giants special assistant Ron Wotus considered Vitello’s first-inning ejection by umpire Alan Porter last Friday so unfair that he got kicked out the following day while exchanging lineup cards.
    — Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
  • During its socialist revolution, the government kicked out many foreign oil companies.
    — Brittney Melton, NPR, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of kick out
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“Boot (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boot%20%28out%29. Accessed 11 Sep. 2026.

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