to boot

Idioms  

1. Besides, in addition. For example, It rained every day and it was cold to boot, or He said they'd lower the price of the car by $1,000 and throw in air conditioning to boot. This expression has nothing to do with footwear. Boot here is an archaic noun meaning “advantage,” and in the idiom has been broadened to include anything additional, good or bad. [c. a.d. 1000]

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Example Sentences

He says Shein enjoys an unfair advantage by using the de minimis loophole to import their goods—and is bad for the environment to boot.

From The Wall Street Journal

Finally, he explored Amazon’s advertising business as an “underappreciated growth driver” — and with high margins to boot.

From MarketWatch

Once more she tried to interest herself in the sweet misadventures of Edith-Anne Pevington, who not only lived with two loving and easily locatable parents but had her own pony to boot.

From Literature

A house in the city would be leased, a battalion of servants would be installed, and Lady Constance would be given a generous shopping allowance to boot.

From Literature

By then it was clear to many that he had been right and they had been wrong and that he had gotten rich to boot.

From Literature

Related Words

• again
• further
• likewise
• more
• still
• too