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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to boot

Dean Herrington won his first game as football coach at St. Bernard last week, but the story you had to see to believe was the 6-foot-9 kid who came in to boot extra points.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

As French fullback Lucas Digne attempted to clear his own header, he swung around to boot the ball and kicked Yamal instead.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

JPMorgan says it has designed an artificial-intelligent agent to evaluate markets and economic data and use it to outperform the standard 60/40 investing model, with less risk to boot.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026

Unsavory, sure, and illegal to boot, but desperate times call for desperate actions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026

He just doesn’t want to say he wants to boot the guy who’s just lost his mother to cancer.

From "Time Bomb" by Joelle Charbonneau

Related Words

• again
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