Boot and Press

Boot

Boot verb - To make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way.

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Press and boot are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Press" instead a verb "Boot".

Nearby Words: booted, boots, bootless, bootee, booting

Press verb - To take or make use of under a guise of authority but without actual right.

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Boot and press are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Boot" instead a verb "Press".

Nearby Words: pressed, pressing, pressroom

old	old boot	old press
good	good boot	good press
standard	standard boot	standard press
single	single boot	single press
Other adjectives: popular, small, real, hard, large, little, new, early, mechanical, yellow, military.

People could press pirated discs once they figured out how the protection really worked, though, yielding the boot disc.

Source: Copy Protection
The two companies got a lot of good press and raised about $15,000 for charity to boot.

Source: Writing Around Trademarks

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