put the boot in

Most of the rest, including Mitt Romney, the only viable moderate among them, were happy to put the boot in.

其余几位总统候选人，包括硕果仅存的温和派米特•罗姆尼（MittRomney）在内，几乎没有不跟着踩一脚的。

His wife left him and then his firm put the boot in by making him redundant.

他妻子抛弃了他，接着他的公司落井下石，裁减了他。

The old man had bad injuries that showed how the young man who attacked his had put the boot in.

那位老人受了重伤，这表明攻击他的年轻人在他身上乱踢乱踩了一气。

A press that once put Goldman on a pedestal prefers today to put the boot in.

一家曾把高盛捧上宝座奉为偶像的媒体，如今更想在已倒霉的高盛身上再踢一脚。