Give the boot
The crossword clue "Give the boot" is answered by OUST, a 4-letter entry. Used 33 times across 19 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 14 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
OUST
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the OUST answer page.
Used 33 times across 19 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 14 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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Other clues for OUST
Every other clue in this collection answered by OUST, most used first.
- Remove from power - used 88 times, most recently in 2026
- Remove from office - used 83 times, most recently in 2026
- Expel - used 69 times, most recently in 2025
- Eject - used 61 times, most recently in 2026
- Unseat - used 60 times, most recently in 2026
- Evict - used 55 times, most recently in 2025
- Depose - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
- Kick out - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
- Boot - used 41 times, most recently in 2024
- Bounce - used 32 times, most recently in 2025
- Give the boot to - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Send packing - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
- Kick out of office - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Boot out - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Boot from office - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Force out - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Give off - EMIT, used 874 times
- Up to the task - ABLE, used 397 times
- In the thick of - AMID, used 377 times
- On the briny - ASEA, used 364 times
- From the top - ANEW, used 355 times
- Spill the beans - BLAB, used 313 times
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