shoot the boots

verb

To kick swiftly and violently, especially in the groin.

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Meanings

verbshoot the boots (third-person singular simple present shoots the boots, present participle shooting the boots, simple past and past participle shot the boots)

present singular third person shoots the boots · participle present shooting the boots · participle past shot the boots · past shot the boots

  1. CanadaidiomaticslangTo kick swiftly and violently, especially in the groin.

    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.

    2006, Paul Dupuis, Armageddon Forever, Trinity Enterprise (Canada), p. 2
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    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."

    2000 June 1, Jennifer Wells, “Trouble with Tracy”, in Toronto Life, Canada, retrieved 13 Apr 2009
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