Definitions

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  • transitive verb To take off the boots from.

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  • verb transitive To take off the boots from.

Etymologies

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un- +‎ boot

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Examples

  • (Though I imagine someone at some point will try to unboot the reboot, just as there are rumors of a Battlestar Galactica movie based upon the 1970s version of the series and not the new version.)

    More Star Trek Thoughts 2009

  • The phone is ringing when I unboot in the doorway; I ignore it, knowing you never make it in time.

    Smart Dragons, Foolish Elves Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1991

  • The phone is ringing when I unboot in the doorway; I ignore it, knowing you never make it in time.

    Smart Dragons, Foolish Elves Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1991

  • For instance, the first fellow we met on Basileus said, cordially and in what he imagined to be perfect Terran, "Joy you unboot now!"'

    Science Fiction Hall of Fame Various, 1973

  • "I will never unboot the son of a slave," said the haughty princess.

    Historic Tales, Vol. 8 (of 15) The Romance of Reality Charles Morris 1877

  • She then seated herself on the trunk of a fallen tree, that lay at the side of the almost invisible path they had hitherto pursued, and motioning to her companion to unboot himself, proceeded to unlace the fastenings of her mocassins.

    Wacousta : a tale of the Pontiac conspiracy — Volume 2 John Richardson 1824

  • She then seated herself on the trunk of a fallen tree, that lay at the side of the almost invisible path they had hitherto pursued, and motioning to her companion to unboot himself, proceeded to unlace the fastenings of her mocassins.

    Wacousta : a tale of the Pontiac conspiracy (Complete) John Richardson 1824

  • Messer Torello then brought the three stranger gentlemen to the chambers prepared for them, where he let unboot them and refresh them somewhat with very cool wines and entertained them in agreeable discourse till such time as they might sup.

    The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio Giovanni Boccaccio 1344

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