He left public service after voters 'booted' him from the mayor's office. [=he chose not to work for the government after he was not reelected as mayor]
I heard they 'gave her the boot'. [=they fired her; they told her she could no longer work for them]
You don't need all these applications to open every time you 'boot' your computer.
(..) Someone's living here. Shit. We gotta go. Can't be late. - What are you doing? - I saw that same boot print up in the tree. It's got a cross in the heel. Somebody's been in our boat. Shit. Let's go! We gotta go if you wanna make it back. Takes twice as long goin' upriver. (..)2012 Mud