Boot
Boot verb - To make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way.
Recall
Recall verb - To bring back to mind.
How words are described
| full | full boot | full recall |
| long | long boot | long recall |
| short | short boot | short recall |
| complete | complete boot | complete recall |
| Other adjectives: regular. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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I do not recall where New Jersey lies in the boot of Italy.
Source: Series / Caroline in the City - Wuthering Heights provides a double example: Nelly Dean is able to perfectly recall all the events of the book - over more than 20 years, to boot - and recount them to Lockwood (Handwaved as due to her good memory).
Source: Infallible Narrator
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