the boot

• Expressão informal que significa ser demitido do trabalho, expulso de um lugar ou forçado a sair de uma situação. Também se refere ao processo de inicialização de um sistema computacional.

An informal expression meaning to be dismissed from a job, expelled from a place, or forced to leave a situation. Also refers to the act of starting a computer system.

1. Dismissal or rejectionB2informalbritish

   To be forced to leave a job, position, or place; to be fired or expelled.

   Demissão ou expulsão

   • He got the boot after arriving late every day.
   • The manager gave him the boot for stealing supplies.
   • She was given the boot from the club for bad behavior.

2. Trunk of a carA2formalbritish

   The storage compartment at the back of a car.

   Porta-malas

   • I put the groceries in the boot of the car.
   • The spare tire is stored in the boot.
   • He opened the boot to load the luggage.