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

She was inviting us into her figurative and literal home — the tour bus she resided in for over a decade, with an overzealous guide to boot.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 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

If you think of the Williams sisters you see them in the Wimbledon whites, moving around a grass court, two beautiful service motions, with athleticism, power, and touch at the net to boot.

From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026

Oberlin College was gravy—all you could eat and no one telling you what to do and your own job to boot if you wanted one.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride

Related Words

• again
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• more
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