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

When Sol died in 1987, he was thought to be the largest private landlord in New York City, with a billion-dollar estate to boot.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 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

But that isn’t what Alaska officials were doing in seeking to boot a ballot doppelgänger.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

Dominic Lazzaretto, the city manager, emphasized that the council had no power to boot Wang unless she’d been convicted of a crime.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026

I sit up in bed and grab my laptop, turn it on and wait impatiently for it to boot up, then log on to the Internet.

From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins

Related Words

• again
• further
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• more
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