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Meaning of shoot the boots | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C1

Definitions

To kick swiftly and violently, especially in the groin.

Canada, idiomatic, slang

Examples

“The family moved about—Hamilton, Mississauga, Jane and Weston Road. "That's when my whole life switched from the good guy to the bad guy," he says now. "Right here in this city. The first day of school, I learned how to spit⟳. Shoot⟳ the boots."”
“It was strange because the boy I was fighting with had developed a reputation for being able to shoot⟳ the boots and I was supposed to be good with my hands.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

shoot the breeze shoot the bull shoot the cat shoot the five shoot the lens shoot the messenger

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