boot

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[ boot ]
/ but /

noun

verb (used with object)

verb (used without object)

Computers. to start a computer or program, or be started in this way (often followed by up): My laptop won't boot and shows a blank screen.

Idioms for boot

Origin of boot

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1275–1325; Middle English bote < Anglo-French, Old French; of uncertain origin

British Dictionary definitions for die with one's boots on (1 of 2)

boot 1
/ (buːt) /

noun

verb

See also boots

Word Origin for boot

C14 bote, from Old French, of uncertain origin

British Dictionary definitions for die with one's boots on (2 of 2)

boot 2
/ (buːt) /

verb (usually impersonal)

archaic to be of advantage or use to (a person) what boots it to complain?

noun

obsolete an advantage
dialect something given in addition, esp to equalize an exchange a ten pound boot to settle the bargain
to boot as well; in addition it's cold and musty, and damp to boot

Word Origin for boot

Old English bōt compensation; related to Old Norse bōt remedy, Gothic bōta, Old High German buoza improvement

Idioms and Phrases with die with one's boots on (1 of 2)

die with one's boots on

Also, die in harness. Expire while working, keep working to the end, as in He'll never retire—he'll die with his boots on, or She knows she'll never get promoted, but she wants to die in harness. Both phrases probably allude to soldiers who died on active duty. Until the early 1600s the noun boot denoted a piece of armor for the legs, which may have given rise to this usage; and Shakespeare used harness in the sense of armor when he wrote: “At least we'll die with harness on our back” (Macbeth 5:5).

Idioms and Phrases with die with one's boots on (2 of 2)

boot