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Phrase(s): boost someone up
to give someone a helpful lift up to something. • She boosted me up so I could get into the window. • They boosted up the child for a better view. *the boot dismissal from employment or from a place that one is in. (*Typically: get ~; give someone ~.) • I guess I wasn’t dressed well enough to go in there. They gave me the boot. • I’ll work harder at my job today. I nearly got the boot yesterday.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs