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Tinanam0102 Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary

Boot out

Hi teachers,

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Perhaps recognizing that something needs to be done, last week Microsoft announced that J Allard and Robbie Bach had left the company.

By booting out some direct reports, Ballmer pushes the blame onto them, and he can protray himself to his board as a dynamic leader.

What is "booting out some direct reports"?

Thank you

Tinanam
  

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Hi; "boot out" is an idiom meaning "to fire / throw out forcibly" Another idiom is "kick out" which means the same thing. When the man became very drunk and obnoxious, the bartender booted (kicked) him out of the club. Ballmer booted out his direct reports.

— AlpheccaStars

  • Hi; "boot out" is an idiom meaning "to fire / throw out forcibly" Another idiom is "kick out" which means the same thing.
  • When the man became very drunk and obnoxious, the bartender booted (kicked) him out of the club.
  • Ballmer booted out his direct reports.
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Hi;
"boot out" is an idiom meaning "to fire / throw out forcibly" Another idiom is "kick out" which means the same thing.

When the man became very drunk and obnoxious, the bartender booted (kicked) him out of the club.

Ballmer booted out his direct reports. (He unceremoniously fired the people whom he supervised directly.)
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Hi AlpheccaStars,

Thank you very much for explaining "direct reports" to me. I misunderstood its meaning earlier.

Thanks again.

Tinanam
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