Idioms


An idiom is a group of words, or in other words, a phrase that has a meaning other than its literal meaning of the words in it.


Idiom:
get the boot

Meaning:
to be fired, to be told to leave a place

Example:
I got the boot from my first job in high school. The man got the boot from the restaurant for smoking.


List of common idioms, their meanings and examples of their usage in sentences
An idiom is defined as - a group of words whose meaning is different from the meanings of the individual words.
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