Gave the Boot is a term used to describe the act of firing, ousting, axing, evicting, or exiling someone from a job or position. It is often used in a figurative sense to describe the act of removing someone from a situation or place. The crossword solutions for this term are Fired (5 letters), OUSTED (6 letters), AXED (4 letters), EVICTED (7 letters), and EXILED (6 letters). All of these words describe the act of removing someone from a job or position, either literally or figuratively.