boot

boot idiom
In addition to the idioms beginning with boot, also see die with one's boots on; get the ax (boot); kick (boot) out; lick someone's boots; pull oneself up (by the bootstraps); quake in one's boots; to boot; too big for one's breeches (boots); you can bet your ass (boots). Also see under shoe.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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