booted (up)

Definition of booted (up)next
past tense of boot (up)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for booted (up)
Verb
  • Leading up to the offseason, with a weakened starting pitching class, Valdez is primed to be the headlining option in the winter, and Patrick McAvoy of Sports Illustrated thinks that the New York Mets are a prime landing spot.
    Hunter Mulholland, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Cusk, a Canadian-Brit educated at Oxford, has long been laurelled and condemned for her ruthless chronicles of selfhood.
    Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Angie Nixon’s victory in the Senate primary was powered by voters who normally don’t gravitate to progressives in the state’s lowest-income and less-educated counties.
    Dan Merica, Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Prior to the concert, Hager explained that her eldest daughter, Mila, had instructed her to wear polka dots to the event.
    Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The dispatcher then instructed him on performing chest compressions.
    Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The unit, known as the Unmanned Assault Battalion, was schooled in drone warfare and set to be used as a special group that could deploy anywhere drones were required.
    Eleanor Watson, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Nixon had a rough Friday at Green Bay’s Family Night, getting schooled repeatedly by Matthew Golden during 1-on-1 drills.
    Rob Reischel, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The team was not able to recover nuclear DNA, which would have provided more detailed information.
    Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Many are directed towards Ryan Giles, their attack-minded left-back, who regularly pushes forward on the overlap and provided eight league assists last season (illustrated below).
    Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Printed and mounted on pieces cardstock were photos of protester’s family members and immigration records which could be found at the archive.
    Stephanie Lam, Mercury News, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Rodrigues, showcasing superior strength and resilience, landed powerful calf kicks and strikes, though Hernandez mounted a strong comeback attempt in the third round.
    Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Palestinians and Lebanese displaced by the 1967 war were joining relatives or acquaintances in Dearborn, and residents arranged food and medical services for the new arrivals.
    Rozina Ali, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Solano also arranged for 30 Jackson patients to go to the 14-bed Dulce Hogar ALF on Northwest 26th Avenue between 2016 and the end of 2023.
    Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • This is powerful stuff and there needs to be a coordinated rollout specific to entire teams where everyone gets trained and then together use these applications consistently, rather than going rogue.
    Gene Marks, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026
  • She’s gotten trained in the Neil Peart school of drum fill writing and rhythm writing.
    Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 23 Aug. 2026
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“Booted (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/booted%20%28up%29. Accessed 27 Aug. 2026.

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