1
general::
Phrase(s): boot someone or an animal out [and] kick someone or an animal out
1. Lit. to send or remove someone or an animal from a place forcefully, often by kicking. • I kicked the cat out and then went to bed. • Tom kicked out the dog. 2. Fig. to force someone or something to leave some place. • We booted out the people who didn’t belong there. • The doorman booted the kid out.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs