Usage of "the boot" | TermGallery

An instrument of torture that is used to heat or crush the foot and leg.

Использование термина the boot на английском

Being locked in the boot allowed Jack plenty of time to think. 
 Demon bound 

If this successful, the entire provincial leadership could be given the boot. 
 The South African 

Lose the Kidney Bean, and the boot is on the other leg. 
 All in It : K(1) Carries On 

Hundreds of workers will get the boot from Silver Fern Farms meatworks. 
 Radio NZ 

And Jonny to put the boot into the French on home soil. 
 The Guardian 

She retrieved the boot and carried it back to the Land Rover. 
 The clouds beneath the sun 

Arc'teryx markets the boot for high-altitude mountaineers and alpinists tackling technical terrain. 
 Rock and Ice Magazine 

Whether to extend the hand of forgiveness, or the boot of retribution. 
 Artemis Fowl: the Arctic incident 

Adam Reynolds was also perfect with the boot, kicking seven from seven. 
 News.com.au 

Fresh air blasts across my back as the boot lid swings open. 
 The Fuller Memorandum 

Former leader Tony Leon stuck the boot in, making Maimane's party untenable. 
 The South African 

It took four of us to pull the boot out-fourof us. 
 Men in War 

American promoter Bob Arum, who co-promotes Fury, also stuck the boot in. 
 News.com.au 

There was room enough with John Russell up on the boot now. 
 Hombre 

A gigantic work which the boot of a passer-by will soon destroy. 
 Monsieur, Madame, and Bébé — Volume 03 

Something flew from his hand and struck the top of the boot. 
 Quicksilver 

Значения термина the boot на английском