I will give you that to boot




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I will give you that to boot : Phrases



Meaning:

Complete lack of concern about an event.


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Origin:

The saying has nothing to do with footwear, but rather Anglo Saxon English where the word Bot meant advantage or profit. To boot survives in modern English only in this single phrase, other uses having died out in the 19th century.















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